What the records say
- When
- 5 Jul 1809
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 63.62° N, 19.91° E
- Description
- 1809 battle of the Finnish War
Battle of Hörnefors
1809 battle of the Finnish War
The Battle of Hörnefors took place during the Finnish War, on 5 July 1809, when 2,400 Swedes under Johan August Sandels went on a counter-offensive against 3,350 Russians under Ilya Alekseyev and Pavel Shuvalov, at Hörnefors, Sweden. After more than two hours of intense fighting along the Hörnån (river) Sandels ordered a retreat, after having been misinformed of a greater Russian flanking attack.
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