The engagement of Pulkkila was fought between Swedish and Russian forces near the place of Pulkkila on May 2, 1808 during the Finnish War.
Swedish General Sandels's brigade attacked a Russian force under Obuhov at Pulkkila on May 2 and retook the town of Kuopio in the south of Finland. Sandels' offensive was one of the most remarkable operations of the entire war. He captured Russian depots, constantly harassed their rear areas, and committed actions that won him respect among both friends and foes. However, Swedish success was only temporary in the Summer Campaign 1808 and the Russian counteroffensive resulted in the Swedish retreat in late August, 1808.
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.
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.
A fierce and bloody battle followed, in which the Russian commander of the invasion army in Finland, Buxhoewden, was nearly captured by Swedish troops that had been put ashore near his command post.
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.
The troops were deprived of their hopes of a battle and forced to make a retreat of nearly 600 miles, suffering from cold and hunger.
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.
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