Battle of Pyhäjoki

Battle of Pyhäjoki

Infobox Military Conflict
namn=Battle of Pyhäjoki
partof=the Finnish War|


caption=
konflikt=Finnish War
place=Pyhäjoki, between Kokkola and Oulu
date=16 April, 1808
result=Russian victory
combatant1=Sweden
combatant2=Russia
commander1=Georg Carl von Döbeln
commander2=Yakov Petrovich Kulnev
strength1=
strength2=
casualties1=
casualties2=|

Battle of Pyhäjoki was fought on 16 April, 1808, at Pyhäjoki during the Russian-Swedish war of 1808-09.

The winter made the operations more difficult and the battle of Pyhäjoki became one of the first skirmishes to be fought after the Swedish retreat stopped. The Russian army had been following the Swedish army to the north. At the same time, the had left large portions of Finland to be occupied by the Russians. The battle of Pyhäjoki was quite intense, but von Döbeln ordered a retreat in order to follow the original strategic plan, which had been drawn up by Wilhelm Mauritz Klingspor.


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