ORDER OF BATTLE // September 6, 1808
Battle of Ömossa
Estimated force strength by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Forces engaged
1 sides catalogued · combined 1,300–1,500 estimated
Russian Empire
1,300–1,500
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
The Battle of Ömossa on 6 September 1808 was a limited engagement during the Finnish War in which a Russian detachment, numbering between 1,300 and 1,500 troops, forced its way through a Swedish outpost commanded by Thure Drufva. The action demonstrated Russian capacity to push through Swedish defensive positions in the theater, contributing to the broader pattern of Russian operational pressure that ultimately secured Russian control over Finland by the war's end in 1809.
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