What the records say
- When
- 27 Apr 1808
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 64.72° N, 24.96° E
- Description
- 1808 battle of the Finnish War
Battle of Revolax
1808 battle of the Finnish War
The Battle of Revolax took place on 27 April 1808 at Revonlahti, now part of Siikajoki, Finland, when the Swedish supreme commander Wilhelm Mauritz Klingspor and the Savolax brigade under Colonel Johan Adam Cronstedt, a total of about 2,400 Swedes surprised an isolated Russian column of about 1,700 men under Major General Michail Leontievich Bulatov.
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