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Gustav III was known in Sweden and abroad by his royal titles, or styles: Gustav, by the Grace of God, King of the Swedes, the Goths and the Vends, Grand Prince of Finland, Duke of Pomerania, Prince of Rügen and Lord of Wismar, Heir to Norway and Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Stormarn and Dithmarschen, Count of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst, etc. [11]
On April 28, 1790, a Swedish army corps of 4000 men under the command of Gustav III and several of his closest officers crossed the Kymi River in Pörille village, at a hastily struck bridge over a ford. The next day, they continued their march to Valkeala, where a Russian force of 3000 men stood ready to face them.
In the spring of 1790 King Gustav III of Sweden personally led a force of 4,000 men across the Kymi River in Finland at the then Swedish-Russian border. After defeating a Russian force at the Battle of Valkeala the Swedish and Russian forces became entangled in a series of manoeuvres and skirmishes in the area near Keltis and Valkeala.
Battle of Vyborg Bay (1790) On 21 June, Prince Nassau-Siegen attacked the Swedes at Björkö Sound with 89 ships. Then, at nightfall on 3 July (22 June OS), Gustav III ordered the breakout to commence from Krysserort at 10:00 on the following day. At 02:00 on 4 July, Swedish units bombarded Russian shore batteries.
The Russian coastal fleet, led by Karl Heinrich von Nassau-Siegen started its attack against the Swedes on 9 July 1790, in what became known as the second Battle of Svensksund, which ended in a decisive Swedish victory. [34] Despite recent success, King Gustav III believed that his chances of successfully continuing the war were low.
The 1790s (pronounced "seventeen-nineties") was a decade that began on January 1, 1790, and ended on December 31, 1799. Considered as some of the Industrial Revolution 's earlier days, the 1790s called for the start of an anti-imperialist world , as new democracies such as the French First Republic and the United States began flourishing at ...
According to several historians the Swedish archipelago fleet under King Gustav III lost golden opportunity when instead of attacking 14 May 1790 they chose to delay until 15 May. At the time neither the Russian coastal fleet squadron nor the fort had been properly manned and would have likely been both lost under determined attack by the ...
In 1790 an attempt to assault Vyborg failed, and the Swedish Navy along with King Gustav himself, was caught in the Bay of Viborg. It managed to escape through the "Viborg gauntlet" on 3 July, though with heavy losses to the deep-sea navy. [10] After retreating to Svensksund, King Gustav made a decision