Battle of Napue

Battle of Napue
Part of the Great Northern War

Depiction of the battle mainly by C-B. J. Petander
Date19 February 1714 (O.S.)
2 March 1714 (N.S.)
Location
Napue village, Isokyrö (Storkyro), Ostrobothnia, Finland, Swedish Empire
Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Sweden Swedish Empire Russia Tsardom of Russia
Commanders and leaders
Carl Gustaf Armfeldt Mikhail Golitsyn
Strength

4,500[1] – 5,680[2] in battle

14,000 total[3]		 approx. 9,000;[1]
Another estimate:
10,000; 12 cannons[2]
Casualties and losses
1,600 killed and 900 wounded or captured[1][4] or 5,133 killed and 535 captured[5] 1,468[5]–1,900[a]

The Battle of Napue or the Battle of Storkyro / Isokyrö (Finnish: Napuen taistelu, Swedish: Slaget vid Storkyro, Russian: Битва при Лапполе/Стуркюро) was fought on 19 February 1714 (O.S.) / 2 March 1714 (N.S.) at the villages of Napue and Laurola in the Isokyrö parish of the Swedish Empire (modern Finland) between the Swedish Empire and the Tsardom of Russia. It was the final land battle of the Finnish campaign in the Great Northern War. The Swedish detachment, consisting almost entirely of Finnish troops, were defeated by the numerically superior Russian force. As a result, all of Finland fell under Russian military occupation for the rest of the War; a seven-year period of hardship known in Finland as the Great Wrath.[6][4]

  1. ^ a b c d Ericson, Lars, ed. (2003). Svenska slagfält (in Swedish). Wahlström & Widstrand. p. 327. ISBN 91-46-21087-3.
  2. ^ a b Лапшов С.П. Триумф и трагедия: битва при Стуркюро, 19 февраля (2 марта) 1714 г. [Электронный ресурс] // История военного дела: исследования и источники. – 2014. – Специальный выпуск II. Лекции по военной истории XVI-XIX вв. — Ч. I. – C. 81-132 <http://www.milhist.info/2014/09/15/lapshov> (15.09.2014)
  3. ^ Егоршина 2023, p. 174.
  4. ^ a b c Kuvaja, Christer (2008). Karolinska krigare 1660–1721 (in Swedish). Helsingfors: Schildts Förlags AB. p. 220. ISBN 978-951-50-1823-6.
  5. ^ a b Егоршина 2023, p. 175.
  6. ^ Ericson, Lars (2003). Svenska slagfält (in Swedish). Wahlström & Widstrand. p. 327. ISBN 91-46-21087-3.


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