Helsinki village landing

Helsinki village landing
Part of the Finnish War

Inskeppningen efter striden vid Helsinge, by Jacob Hägg
Date26–28 September 1808
Location
Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Sweden Russian Empire Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Gustaf Reinhold Boije
Gustaf Olof Lagerbring
Russian Empire Pyotr Bagration
Russian Empire Karl Gustav von Baggovut
Strength
Swedish accounts:
3,300[1][2]

Russian accounts:
4,000[3]–5,000[4]
Russian accounts:
4,000[3]–4,500[5]

Swedish accounts:
5,000[2]–6,000[1]
Casualties and losses
Swedish accounts:
657[6]–826[1]

Russian accounts:
c. 1,000 killed and wounded,
350 captured,
15 cannons,
1 standard,
1 wagon train.[4]
Russian accounts:
400[4]–524[6]

The Helsinki village landing, or the Combat of Helsinge[7] (Russian: Бой у Гельсинге), was fought during the Finnish War between Sweden and the Russian Empire on 26–28 September 1808 (J:14-16 S), a part of the battles of the Turku archipelago.

  1. ^ a b c Schulman 1909, pp. 227–231.
  2. ^ a b Montgomery 1842, pp. 54–65.
  3. ^ a b van Suchtelen 1854, pp. 133–137.
  4. ^ a b c Velichko et al. 1912.
  5. ^ Hornborg 1955, pp. 188–191.
  6. ^ a b Generalstaben 1910, pp. 236–237.
  7. ^ Nive 1910, p. 271.

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