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	Battle of Oravais - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Oravais is sometimes regarded as the turning point of the Finnish War: the last chance for Sweden to turn the war to her advantage.
		It was the bloodiest battle of the conflict, which some historians attribute to the exhaustion, resignation and desperation of the Swedish army: it was losing the war.
		The battle of Oravais had shown that the Swedish army was not tactically inferior to the Russian counterpart.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Oravais (898 words)

	Category:Battles - Military History Wiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Battles may be small scale, only involving a handful of individuals, perhaps two squads, up to battles on army levels where hundreds of thousands may be engaged in a single battle at one time.
		A "battle of annihilation" is one in which the defeated party is destroyed in the field, such as the French fleet at the Battle of the Nile.
		A "decisive battle" is one of particular importance; by bringing hostilities to an end, such as the Battle of Hastings, or as a turning point in the fortunes of the belligerents, such as the Battle of Stalingrad.
	www.militaryhistorywiki.org /index.php?title=Category:Battles (1297 words)

	Finnish War
		Under a new commander Carl Johan Adlercreutz, the Swedish army counter-attacked and halted the Russian offensive at the Battle of Siikajoki.
		Adlercreutz fought a defensive battle at Oravais, but lost and was forced to retreat.
		On November 19 the convention of Olkijoki was signed and the Swedish army was forced to leave Finland.
	www.starrepublic.org /encyclopedia/wikipedia/f/fi/finnish_war.html (251 words)

	Battle of Virta bro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Battle of Virta bro (Finnish Koljonvirran taistelu) was fought between Swedish and Russian troops on October 27, 1808.
		After the main Swedish army had been defeated at the Battle of Oravais the army under Johan August Sandels in Savonia had to retreat in order not to be outflanked by the Russians.
		The battle was the last Swedish victory on Finnish soil.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Virta_bro (327 words)

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		The night between the 13th and 14th, the Swedish army camped in their positions at the village of Oravais, and the advance guard was deployed further south, at Lillträsket.
		The battle was still very much undecided as Adlercreutz returned to his position where he had begun the day, but darkness was now falling, making further fighting more and more impossible.
		Oravais was therefore the decisive battle and turningpoint of the entire war.
	www.multi.fi /~goranfri/batoravais.html (1514 words)

	WWW-VL: History: Military History
		The Battle of Marathon 490 B.C. The Battle of Marathon
		The Battle of Chaeronea 4 August 338 B.C. The Battle of Chaeronea Acccording to Diodorus Siculus
		The Sack of Magdeburg and the Battle of Breitenfeld 1631-1632
	vlib.iue.it /history/mil (1944 words)

	The Municipality of Oravais
		A journey of exploration in Oravais broadens your knowledge of the common history of Finland and Sweden and the early industrialisation of Ostrobothnia.
		In summer, the regiment of Ostrobothnia drills in the battlefield of Oravais.
		The Historical Society of Oravais presents the progress of the battle and the soldiers' living conditions by means of tours, short films, as well as an exhibition, erected in the Sergeant´s Recidence (Furirbostället) at the Fänrik Ståhl Centre, displaying clothing and imitations of old weapons.
	www.oravais.fi /kommunen/english (438 words)

	The Russo-Swedish War of 1808-09
		Although the battle of Oravais was the largest battle of the war, it is still considered being a small skirmish by European standards.
		After the defeat at Oravais, the Swedes were forced north and when no greater reinforcements arrived from Sweden, Adlercreutz signed the ceasefire at Lochtea, which the Russians broke when they attacked a Swedish position at Virta bro on the 27th of October 1808.
		According to stories, the battle of Virta bro was turned into victory as one, lonely soldier defended a bridge against the entire russian force, until Swedish troops arrived and turned the battle into victory.
	www.napoleon-series.org /military/battles/c_finland.html (1124 words)

	Gustavian Period - Gustavus III And Gustavus IV
		The battle was fought at Svensksund, and turned into a humiliating defeat, the Russians losing 53 ships, 643 cannon and 14,000 men, and the imperial flag of state; twenty-six of these ships were entered in the Swedish navy.
		A battle was fought at Siikajoki, April 18th, the sub-commander, General Adlercreutz, receiving instructions to make a stand against the enemy until the safety of the army supplies could be insured.
		In the summer of 1808, her army fought several glorious battles under the command of Adlercreutz, Dbeln and Sandels, but in the autumn it was attacked by a superior Russian force and was nearly closed in between Old Carleby and Vasa.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles35/history-of-sweden-15.shtml (5893 words)

	The Union's Last War: The Russian-Swedish war of 1808-09
		During the battle of Svensksund (In English it is called Rochensalm) 1790, he had been a staff officer under Gustav III and were one of the men behind the victory.
		While the battle of Oravais was not a large battle by continental standards, it made its mark in Finnish and Swedish history.
		The battle was fought on the fields and in the woods just south of the village of Oravais and the Swedish line of defence stretched along the slight heightening in the landscape that ran alongside the rather insignificant river of Fjällån.
	www.napoleon-series.org /military/battles/c_finnish.html (9073 words)

	(From Russkii biograficheskii slovar’)
		In one of his attacks during this battle, Kul’nev with his Grodno Regiment was completely surrounded so that capture seemed inevitable, but the Grodno troopers broke through the enemy ranks.
		He distinguished himself in the battle at Batin on 26 August and for it received a gold saber with diamonds and the inscription "For Courage," but at the same time he clashed with Kamenskii, well known for his hot temper.
		Kul’nev did not possess the gifts of a true military leader; he was often carried away in the heat of battle and more than once suffered failure thanks to his throwing himself at the enemy without considering the sizes of the respective forces.
	home.comcast.net /~markconrad/Kulnev.htm (2039 words)

	Main Document - Swedish-Russian War
		The battle of Oravais Sept 14, 1808: Phase I
		The battle of Oravais Sept 14, 1808: Phase III
		The battle of Oravais Sept 14, 1808: Phase IV
	www.multi.fi /~goranfri/picarch.html (427 words)

	War
		The Battle of Palmito Ranch, fought on May 13, 1865, in the far south of Texas was the last land battle of the war and ended with a Confederate victory.
		The defeat at the Battle of Lostwithiel in Cornwall, however, was a serious reverse for Parliament in the south-west of England.
		After the Battle of Sisak in 1593, when the Ottoman army was successfully repelled for the first time on the territory of Croatia, the lost territory was mostly restored, except for large parts of today's Bosnia and Herzegovina.
	www.websters-dictionary-online.org /definition/english/wa/war.html (18312 words)

	Finnish War Article, FinnishWar Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Under a new commander Carl Johan Adlercreutz, the Swedish army counter-attacked and halted the Russian offensive at the Battle ofSiikajoki.
		Although the Swedes were successful for a while they didn't receive the reinforcements that were needed.Adlercreutz fought a defensive battle at Oravais, but lost and was forced to retreat.
		On November 19 the convention of Olkijoki was signed and the Swedish armywas forced to leave Finland.
	www.anoca.org /battle/august/finnish_war.html (264 words)

	Facts about topic: (Finnish War) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Under a new commander, Carl Johan Adlercreutz (additional info and facts about Carl Johan Adlercreutz), the Swedish army counter-attacked and halted the Russian offensive at the Battle of Siikajoki.
		Battle of Revolax (additional info and facts about Battle of Revolax) -- April 27, 1808
		Battle of Ratan (additional info and facts about Battle of Ratan) -- August 20, 1809
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/f/fi/finnish_war.htm (557 words)

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		Battle of Oravais Oravais was the first battle where sizeable formations of mainland Swedish troops took part.
		It was also one of the bloodiest battles of the entire war, the combatants suffering 30% casualties.
		The battle ended at nightfall, and the beaten Swedes retreated during the night, leaving the field to the exhausted Russians.
	www.the-ancients.com /gemigabok/scenarios/oravais.doc (2250 words)

	Bx8091a
		As a result of the battle of Austerlitz in December 1805 the Austrians were forced out of the coalition and by the end of December, through the treaty of Schönbrunn, the Prussians followed suit and entered into an alliance with France, through which they were to occupy British Hannover.
		Swedish losses for both these battles were less than 30 killed and wounded, while the Prussians lost as many as 7.000 in the battle of Dennewitz alone.
		Carl Johan Adlercreutz (1757-1815) - victories of Siikajoki, Revolaks, Lappo, but defeat at Oravais 1808, the initiator of the arrest of Gustaf IV Adolf in 1809, chief of the general staff during the 1813 German campaign as well as during the invasion of Norway in 1814.
	www.hat.com /Curr2/Bx8091a.html (8857 words)

	Events in life of Preobrazhensky reenactors.
		Regimental Holiday and 190th anniversary of battle of Kulm were celebrated at a small reenactment in the countryside.
		Reenacting the battle of Oravais, Sept. 1808, of Russo-Swedish war 1808-09.
		The battle was hard and couple buildings were burnt like it was many years ago.
	www.geocities.com /lgpreobr/eventseng.html (1188 words)

	Swedes
		The battles in which Scandinavian armies were involved never quite reached the intensity we know of Napoleonic battles.
		During the tragic Russian campaign, the Danish army assumed the role of rear-guard and stayed in Denmark, Germany and Norway to protect the Grande ArmÈe in case of retreat.
		The Swedish artillery participated actively in several battles and the army was finally committed during the last day of the battle of Leipzig.
	www.hat.com /Othr/Swedes.html (1561 words)

	World Culinary Institute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		An Oravais, Finlandbased group reenacting a SuedoFinnish unit of the 180809 RussoSwedish war.
		A Risor, Norway based group which maintains and sails a reconstructed DanishNorwegian gunboat of the type which was the mainstay of the DanishNorwegian Navy after the destruction of their fleet at the Battle of Copenhagen.
		With the uniforms, equipment and arms of the Russian Life Guard in the campaign of 1812, the group participates in annual military historical celebrations at Borodino, in various reenactments and parades in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Malojaroslavetz, Krasnoje, Vyasma, Smolensk, Polotsk and other battle fields of campaign 1812, and visited festivals in Mourmelon and Boulogne, France.
	www.worldculinaryinstitute.com /cgi-bin/odp/index.cgi?base=/Recreation/Living_History/By_Historical_Region/Europe/Napoleonic_Wars (606 words)

	Runeberg
		In 1788 the malcontent nobles, met at Anjala, offered to another great woman, to the Empress Catharine II., the dictatorship of Finland; but their treason infuriated the middle and lower classes, and when the Russian army commenced its invasion in 1789 it was met by a resistance as determined as it was unexpected.
		Not in Lund or Upsala, but in an unknown village in the heart of the forests of Finland, the seed was germinating which was destined to fill the whole country with a flower of a new sort, a veri-table wood-rose to take the place of the fabulous asphodel.
		In Tegnér the old forces that battled in Swedish literature had found a common ground, and, as it were, an apotheosis.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles32n/northern-studies-5.shtml (9791 words)

	AT&T Worldnet Service - Directory
		A Belgian group re-enacting South Netherlands infantry at the time of the Battle of Waterloo.
		A Risor, Norway based group which maintains and sails a reconstructed Danish-Norwegian gunboat of the type which was the mainstay of the Danish-Norwegian Navy after the destruction of their fleet at the Battle of Copenhagen.
		An Oravais, Finland-based group re-enacting a Suedo-Finnish unit of the 1808-09 Russo-Swedish war.
	www.att.net /cgi-bin/webdrill?catkey=gwd/Top/Recreation/Living_History/By_Historical_Region/Europe/Napoleonic_Wars (739 words)

	Recreation Living History By Historical Region Napoleonic Wars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Kings Grenadiers, 23rd Foot Royal Welch Fusiliers - A UK-based group re-enacting the infantry component of this British unit during the years 1808-14.
		The King's Ostrobothnian Regiment (Historical Society of Oravais) - An Oravais, Finland-based group re-enacting a Suedo-Finnish unit of the 1808-09 Russo-Swedish war.
		Oester Riisoer III - A Risor, Norway based group which maintains and sails a reconstructed Danish-Norwegian gunboat of the type which was the mainstay of the Danish-Norwegian Navy after the destruction of their fleet at the Battle of Copenhagen.
	www.iper1.com /iper1-odp/scat/id/Recreation/Living_History/By_Historical_Region/Europe/Napoleonic_Wars (639 words)

	From SFHS Article Collection
		That which perhaps is most characteristic about the contacts across Kvarken is the constant stream of journeymen and craftsmen which was ongoing during the 18th century.
		A migration occurred from the iron foundries in Sweden; from Olofsfors and Robertsfors ironworks to Kimo ironworks in Oravais, and from Strömbäck’s glassworks outside Umeå to Berga glassworks in Pörtom.
		One estimates that around 8,000 people fled across to Västerbotten after the battle at Storkyro.
	sfhs.eget.net /P_articles/X_artiklar/kvarken.html (2568 words)

	Finland At War Resources
		"The Battles of the Winter War" 30 November 1939 - 13 March 1940.
		The epic battle of Finland against the Soviet Invasion
		The civil war was a catastrophe for Finland.
	www.holidayin-finland.co.uk /directory/Finland-At-War.html (284 words)

	FinnLinks - Cities, Towns, Regions & Provinces Category
		"Oravais is a rural district, and the population is approximately 2,400.
		The majority of our residents speak Swedish as their mother tongue." Capsule history of Oravais.
		In the battle of Napue (in present-day Isokyrö) in 1714 almost half the male population of Ylistaro was killed."
	www.genealogia.fi /finnlinks/show.php?cid=13 (3305 words)

	Napoleonic Wars
		Description of group, e-mail contact information, schedule of events, photographs from past re-enactments.
		With the uniforms, equipment and arms of the Russian Life Guard in the campaign of 1812, the group participates in annual military historical celebrations at Borodino, in various reenactments and parades in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Malojaroslavetz, Krasnoj
		The King's Ostrobothnian Regiment (Historical Society of Oravais)
	www.canadiancontent.net /dir/Top/Recreation/Living_History/By_Historical_Region/Europe/Napoleonic_Wars (645 words)

	Oravais
		When driving along the Highway # 8 on Finland's west coast, Oravais is an excellent place to have a break.
		·Jakobstad ·Kaskö ·Kristinestad ·Korsholm ·Korsnäs ·Kronoby ·Laihia ·Larsmo ·Vähäkyrö ·Malax ·Maxmo ·Nykarleby ·Närpes ·Oravais ·Pedersöre ·Vaasa ·Vörå; ·Isokyrö
		Click with your mouse on the city or the municipality on the map above in order to get more information about tourism services in a certain municipality.
	www.matkailupohjanmaa.fi /301079.aspx (403 words)

	Napoleon’s Eagles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Scenarios should include such information as a brief description and circumstances leading up to the battle, a brief description of the battle itself, historical outcomes, orders of battle, and a map of the area of conflict.
		Click HERE to download the Battle of Lundy's Lane scenario (PDF format).
		Click HERE to download the Battle of Oravais scenario (PDF format).
	ucsu.colorado.edu /~trochim/NE/scenario.html (128 words)

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