Battle of Kauhajoki

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Battle of Kauhajoki
Part of the Finnish War
I ställningen vid Kauhajoki, by Axel Hjelm
Date 10 August 1808 Location Kauhajoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland 62°24′50.000″N 22°10′19.999″E / 62.41388889°N 22.17222194°E / 62.41388889; 22.17222194 Result Swedish victory
Belligerents
Sweden	Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Georg Carl von Döbeln	Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shepelev
Strength
2,250[1]	1,150[1]
Casualties and losses
67 killed, wounded or captured[1]	200 killed, wounded or captured[1]
class=notpageimage| Location within South Ostrobothnia Show map of South Ostrobothnia Battle of Kauhajoki (Finland) Show map of Finland Battle of Kauhajoki (European Russia) Show map of European Russia

The Battle of Kauhajoki was fought between Swedish and Russian troops on August 10, 1808.

After the important Swedish victory at the Battle of Lapua the force under the command of Georg Carl von Döbeln defeated a Russian force near Kauhajoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland.^[2]

• Hornborg, Eirik (1955). När riket sprängdes: fälttågen i Finland och Västerbotten, 1808–1809 (in Swedish). Stockholm: P. A. Norstedts och Söners Förlag.