Helsinki village landing
| Helsinki village landing | |||||||
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| Part of the Finnish War | |||||||
Embarkation after the Battle of Helsinki, by Jacob Hägg | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Sweden | Russian Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Gustaf Boije Gustaf Olof Lagerbring |
Pyotr Bagration Karl Gustav von Baggovut | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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Swedish accounts: 3,300 Russian accounts: 4,000–5,000 |
Russian accounts: 4,000–4,500 Swedish accounts: 5,000–6,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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Swedish accounts: 657–826 Russian accounts: c. 1,000 killed and wounded, 350 captured, 15 cannons, 1 standard, 1 wagon train. |
Russian accounts: 400–524 | ||||||
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.