Battle of Kumlinge explained

Conflict:Battle of Kumlinge
Partof:the Finnish War (Napoleonic Wars)
Date:9 or 10 May 1808
Place:Kumlinge, Åland in Finland
Result:Swedish victory
Combatant1: Sweden
Combatant2: Russian Empire
Commander1: Henrik Gummerus
Commander2: Colonel Vuich
Strength1:450 peasants
Strength2:450 infantry
Casualties1:3 killed
3 wounded
Casualties2:1 killed
449 captured

The Battle of Kulminge was the culmination of the Åland riots during the Finnish War, fought between Sweden and Russia. The riot started in the Sockenstuga at 19 March 1808 and spread all over Åland, to finally culminate at Kumlinge at 9 or 10 May. 450 armed peasants, led by Henrik Gummerus, defeated and captured the equally strong Russian force under Colonel Vuitsch at their headquarters, just outside the Kulminge rectory. The peasants sustained three killed and three captured, while the Russians had one killed and eight wounded. After Vuitsch's capitulation, only about 50 Russian soldiers remained on Brändö who likewise, after a brief engagement, were made prisoners; all of Åland had thus been saved from Russian occupation.

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