Evacuation of Kolkanpää
Battle of Kolkanpää | |||||||
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Part of Great Northern War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Swedish Empire | Tsardom of Russia | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Fyodor Apraksin | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
600–800 men[1] | 3,000–3,500 men[2] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
600–800 killed, wounded and captured[1] |
50 killed, 220 wounded[3] |
The Evacuation of Kolkanpää took place between October 18 and 27, 1708, close to , in the Swedish Empire during the Great Northern War. The Swedes under the command of Georg Lybecker were evacuating their Finnish-based army consisting of up to 11,279 men back to Finland after their failed campaign in Swedish Ingria in an attempt to recover land previously lost to Russia.[4] Fyodor Apraksin, the Russian commander in the area, decided to interrupt the evacuation with between 3,000 and 3,500 men.[2] He decided to wait until only a portion, between 600 and 800 Saxon ex-prisoners recruited into Swedish service, remained on the beaches not yet evacuated before commencing attack with all his troops.[1] After several assaults the Saxons were soon overwhelmed and almost all of them were cut down or captured by the end of the battle.[4] About 50 Russians were killed and 220 wounded.[3] The Swedes were also forced to slaughter about 4,000 of their horses which could not be evacuated so they would not fall into Russian hands.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d Christer Kuvaja. Krigen kring Östersjön, del 4: Karolinska krigare 1660–1721. Schildts Förlags Ab, Helsingfors, 2008. p. 186
- ^ a b Dorrell, Nicholas. The Dawn of the Tsarist Empire: Poltava & the Russian Campaigns of 1708—1709, Partizan Press (2009). p. 126
- ^ a b ПОЛКОВОДЦЫ ПЕТРА I: Шереметев Борис Петрович Апраксин Федор Матвеевич Боур Родион Христианович Репнин Никита Иванович Брюс Яков Виллимович Меншиков Александр Данилович Голицын Михаил Михайлович
- ^ a b Peter From, Katastrofen vid Poltava. Lund (2007). pp. 183–184
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