RSW-034. The Battle of Sävar - WDS Campaign Bautzen
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| Games Played: | 0 |
| SM: | 4 |
| Turns: | 48 |
| Type: | Custom |
| First Side: | Russians (Nap) |
| Second Side: | Swedish-Finnish (Nap) |
19 August 1809 - Historical - Intended to be played Head to Head or Solo as the Allied player vs. the AI (see RSW-Solo.pdf for Solo play victory levels) - The war had entered Sweden proper with several Russian columns crossing the ice over to take the war into the heartland. Barclay's force of 5,000 men at Vasa had crossed over to Umeå to surprise a smaller force commanded by Cronstedt. An armistice brought a halt to hostilities for a short period of time, the King of Sweden being removed from power, and Barclay being recalled to Finland. The new commander of the force at Umeå was Shuvalov but he was soon replaced by Kamensky. He had serious logistical issues since his force could neither be supplied from the sea nor via the long route around the northern shore to Finland. The Swedes came up with a plan to use forces from the south to land north of Umeå and in conjunction with a force from the south to attack Kamensky's men from both directions. The expeditionary force landed at Ratan and marched south. The problem was that that southern force would not reach Umeå until the 25th. Kamensky, seeing that he was going to be surrounded, originally planned to attack the southern force first but changed his mind and marched north to Savar to attack the expeditionary force. His forces were split up into several columns. One column would cross over the river and make a feint towards the Swedish left while the main columns attacked the right flank and rolled up the enemy's forces. The Swedes were not looking for a fight and after a short combat to hold the key bridge at Savar they pulled back by mid afternoon. The battle was the bloodiest of the war with over 1400 Russians hors de combat. Kamensky followed up on the next day but found the Swedes protected by the naval guns and the force embarked and moved south to Umeå where they joined up with the southern division under Dobeln. The Russians were forced to retreat to the north along the coast suffering further deprivations. The war ended officially on 17 September 1809 with Sweden ceding Finland to Russia. The Finns would not get their independence until 1917 when they rebelled from Russian rule and were able to take their place with the other nations of the world.
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