What the records say
- When
- 17 Oct 1713
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 61.34° N, 24.27° E
- Description
- 1713 battle
Battle of Pälkäne
1713 battle of the Great Northern War
The Battle of Pälkäne, sometimes called the Battle at Kostianvirta or Battle on the Pialkiane River was fought between the Russian army under Admiral Fyodor Apraksin and the defending Finnish army of the Swedish Empire under General Carl Gustaf Armfeldt on 17 October 1713 (N.S.), as part of the Great Northern War. It resulted in a Russian victory, although General Armfeldt was able to withdraw his army in good order.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Read the article
3 sources record it
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Battle of Pälkäne is fought in what is now Finland between Russia and Sweden”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die russische Armee unter Generaladmiral Fjodor Matwejewitsch Apraxin und General Michail Michailowitsch Golizyn besiegt die schwedische Armee unter General…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page