Battle of Karstula

Tavastehusarnas strid vid Karstula, by Magnus Adlercreutz and David Ljungdahl

Date	21 August 1808
Location	Karstula, Swedish Finland
Result	Russian victory

Belligerents

Sweden

Russian Empire

Commanders and leaders

Otto von Fieandt

Yegor Vlastov

Strength

1,500–1,600
6 guns^[1]

3,200
7 guns^[1]

Casualties and losses

313:^[1]
60 killed
116 wounded
137 missing^{[note 1]}

245 killed, wounded or captured^[1]

Finnish War

Finland

Sweden

The Battle of Karstula was fought between Swedish and Russian troops on August 21, 1808. The Swedish force under Otto von Fieandt was defeated by a much bigger Russian force under Yegor Vlastov. During the battle and retreat the Swedes lost 313 men, the Russians lost 245.

Notes, citations and sources

Notes

^ Missing are presumed to be either killed or captured, or soldier who has been dispersed during the battle.^[1]

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Hornborg 1955, pp. 138–140.

Sources

Hornborg, Eirik (1955). När riket sprängdes: fälttågen i Finland och Västerbotten, 1808-1809 (in Swedish). Stockholm: P. A. Norstedts och Söners Förlag.
Julius Mankell. Anteckningar rörande finska arméens och Finlands krigshistoria särskildt med afseende på krigen emellan sverige och ryssland åren 1788-1790 samt 1808-1809, Volume 2. P.A. Norstedt & Söner, 1870. pp. 199–201.
Georg Carl von Döbeln (1856-1878). Några anteckningar om och af general von Döbeln, Volume 2. p. 51

62°52′37″N 24°48′08″E / 62.8769°N 24.8022°E / 62.8769; 24.8022