What the records say
- When
- 1 Sep 1808 – 2 Sep 1808
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 62.85° N, 23.49° E
- Description
- 1808 battle of the Finnish War
Battle of Ruona–Salmi
1808 battle of the Finnish War
The battle of Ruona–Salmi or the battle of Kuortane was fought between Swedish and Russian troops on 1–2 September 1808 at Ruona and Salmi, Kuortane. The Swedish army was led by Wilhelm Mauritz Klingspor with 4,700, 5,000, or 5,500 men under his command against the Russian army of between 9,000 and 11,000 men under the command of Nikolay Kamensky.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Ruona–Salmi”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “в ходе русско-шведской войны 1808—1809 гг., при Куортане произошло сражение между шведскими войсками под началом генерала Адлеркрейца и частями русской…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page