Helsinki village landing
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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.
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Helsinki village landing | |||||||
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Part of the Finnish War | |||||||
Inskeppningen efter striden vid Helsinge, by Jacob Hägg | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Sweden | Russian Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Gustaf Reinhold Boije [sv] Gustaf Olof Lagerbring [sv] |
Pyotr Bagration 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] |
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