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image/svg+xmlFinland The danish threat remains throughthe war, thus immobilizing the swedishtroops stationed at Skåne. Norway procceeds in offensive actionbut small attacks are quickly repelled 01/3. The swedish armystarts retreating north. 02/5. General Sandelsretakes Kuopio. May. Swedishflottila drivesRussians off 26/5. British fleet under Sir John Moore entersGöteborg port but leavesdue to disagreement. March. Main russianinvasion route May. Reinforcementsunder Barclay de Tolly UmeåPiteåSkellefteåRevolaxSiikajokiPyhäjoki SvartholmSveaborg Jakobstad N Russians: Conquest after little hostilitiesFleet baseor fleet commandBattle: Swedisharmy victoryState boundary, modernCity, town, villageFortress Hanko 02/318/303/522/316/418/427/4 Torneå Baltic Command Fleet (British) THE “FINNISH WAR” | MARCH - MAY 1808 KINGDOMOF SWEDEN Sweden NORWAY Directly under thekingdom of Denmark KINGDOMOF DENMARK GotlandÅland KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA DUCHY OFHOLSTEINFRENCH EMPIRECONFED. OFTHE RHINE Skåne Key to map RUSSIAN EMPIRE RussiaRussia KøbenhavnStockholm KarlstadGöteborgMariehamnStralsundKarlskronaRigaUppsala Kiel Wisby Visby Christiania Oslo Danzig Gdansk Königsberg Kaliningrad Sankt Petersburg Reval Tallinn Baltischport Paldiski Helsingfors Helsinki Åbo Turku HämeenlinnaVaasaPoriTampereKuopio