Helsinginrannan taistelun muistomerkki

What happened here

Battles, troop movements and military operations recorded near this site.

1. 26 September 1808 – 28 September 1808

   Helsinki village landing

   Battle · Suomen sota · 74 m

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

   == Prelude == King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden planned a large-scale landing operation with over 8,000 troops. However, due to severe sea conditions, the task force under Colonel Anders Fredrik Skjöldebrad was forced to return to Sweden, damaged and broken. The other task force of 3,300 men under Lieutenant Colonel Gustav Olof Lagerbring landed at Helsinki village (Helsinge) in Taivassalo (Tövsala) and advanced inland. The king of Sweden was late to the battle area himself; he arrived on 28 September 1808 aboard his personal yacht. The Russians, under Prince Pyotr Bagration, organized 4,000 to 4,500 troops against the Swedes in six battalions, three squadrons, one Cossack regiment with seven cannons. According to Swedish and Russian estimates, their enemies had 4,000–5,000 and 5,000–6,000 men respectively.

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