Evacuation of Kolkanpää

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Battle of Kolkanpää
Part of the Great Northern War
DateOctober 16, 1708 (O.S.)
October 17, 1708 (Swedish calendar)
October 27, 1708 (N.S.)
Location
Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Naval Ensign of Sweden.svg  Swedish Empire Flag of Oryol ship (variant).svg  Tsardom of Russia
Commanders and leaders
Naval Ensign of Sweden.svg Henrik Mattias von Seulenberg Flag of Oryol ship (variant).svg 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 Kolkanpää, 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]

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