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The Battle of Lemo was fought during the Finnish War between Sweden and Russia on 19–20 June 1808 (Julian calendar 7–8 June). On 19 June, about 2,500 Swedes landed at Lemo (Finnish:Lemu) in Kaarina (Swedish:S:t Karins) in Southwest Finland, aided by the Swedish Navy. There, the Swedes intended to liberate Åbo (Finnish:Turku) from the Russians.
After the Russian conquest of eastern Sweden (present-day Finland) in 1808, the Swedish forces retreated to actual Sweden. In March the following year, Russian emperor Alexander I launched a threefold attack on Sweden, to force the country into the Continental System and to cede Finland to the Russian Empire; despite early advantages at Kalix ...
The Swedish battery in the middle of the passage proved to be very effective even though it was subjected to heavy fire. Though several of their gun sloops were forced to withdraw from the battle line, the Swedes managed to beat back the initial Russian attack.
Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790) [67] Location: Finland, Baltic Sea, Sweden. Sweden Russian Empire Denmark-Norway(1788–1789) [79] Favourable outcome for Sweden; Status quo ante bellum: 3000 Swedish–Algerian war of 1791–1792 (1791–1792) Location: Mediterranean. Sweden: Regency of Algiers Ottoman Empire (De-jure) Sweden agrees to pay ...
Swedish landing at Narva [11] Kingdom of Sweden: Novgorod Republic Grand Duchy of Moscow: Russian victory: 1475–1476 Russo–Swedish War (1475–1476) Kingdom of Sweden: Grand Duchy of Moscow: Swedish victory: 1479–1482 Russo-Swedish War (1479–1482) Kingdom of Sweden: Grand Duchy of Moscow: Inconclusive: 1495–1497 Russo-Swedish War ...
Even if the messengers had arrived in time, it is questionable if the authorities could have scraped together enough troops to send reinforcements anyway, as almost all the Swedish forces not already engaged in Finland were needed elsewhere to face Denmark-Norway and France in the concurrent Dano-Swedish War of 1808-1809 and Franco-Swedish War ...
George I of Great Britain led Great Britain and Prussia into war against Sweden, and Denmark reentered the war. Russia maintained its conquered possessions in Ingria and the Baltic, was able to consolidate its hold over Ukraine and Poland, develop the new city of Saint Petersburg , and gain vital trade links in the Baltic trade.
A stone war memorial located upon a hill overlooking the Battle of Oravais battlefield. The battle of Oravais had shown that the Swedish army was not tactically inferior to the Russian counterpart. But the Swedish strategic situation seemed hopeless; allied only with Great Britain, it faced the overnight of Napoleon's Europe and its Russian ...