Battle of Lemo The Battle of Lemo was fought during the Finnish War , between Sweden and Russia on 19 – 20 June 1808 ( Julian calendar 7 – 8 June ) . On 19 June some 2 , 500 Swedes landed at Lemu in Kaarina and at the nearby strategic island , Finland Proper , aided by the Swedish Navy . There , the Swedes intended to liberate the Turku from the Russians . The Swedish landing forces commanded by Major General Eberhard von Vegesack . The Russian had troops about 3 600 men under the military commander Lieutenant General Karl Gustav von Baggovut in Turku area . Overview . Major General von Vegesack started immediately to entrench the landing site . The main defense line was set along the terrain facing the open field . The guns deployed to the front of Ala - Lemu Manor house . The gunboats , who escorted the landing fleet , were in the positions at the strait . They close the straits and they had the visibility to the battlefield . The Russian troops were deployed in small units along the Turku - Vyborg main road . Phase 1 ( Sunday 19 June ( J 7th ) . The initial phases of the operation were quite successful for the Swedes , who managed to advance several kilometers , eventually having Turku in sight . The units of the Libau Infantry Regiment with one gun launched the first Russian counterattack and they pulled the advanced Swedish troops back to the main defense line . von Vegesack attacked immediately to Russian center . The Russian commander Baggovut received reinforcements and he attacked with divided forces ; 2 companies attacked on the right and 2 companies on the left and 2 companies with the gun in the center . Lieutenant von Vegesack ( the son the general ) found the Russian left flank open and attacked immediately . The Russians had to withdraw a few kilometers to the defense . The Swedish troops followed . Phase 2 ( Monday 20 June ( J 8th ) . Major General Nikolay Borozdin had collected more reinforcements , 300 men from the Brest Infantry Regiment , 2 more guns and one squadron of the Finland Dragoon Regiment . In the small hours in the morning the Libau Infantry Regiment make the Swedish troops a retreatagain back to the main defense line . Von Vegesack ordered all the men from the nearby islands to the Lemo battlefield and strengthened the defense line . Baggovut received Pernov ( Pärnu ) Musketeer Regiment as the additional reinforces . The Russian launched the whole front attack with bayonets ; Pernov Regiment on the right , Libau Regiment in the center and Brest Regiment on the left . The Russian artillery set fire the Ala - Lemo Manor house . The Swedes were forced to pull back and eventually evacuate to their ships . The fortifications at the shore and later the gunboats defended the fleeing Swedes . The Russian artillery moved to the shore and fired the landing fleet . Von Vegesack pulled his land and sea forces back to the Åland Islands . After the battle the Russian reserve forces at the Yli - Lemo were 2 companies from the Nevski Regiment and ½ squadron Finland Dragoon Regiment . Others . Summer2008 near the Yli - Lemo Manor house was erected the monument " Kuoleva Soturi " ( A dying soldier ) by the sculptor Heidi Limnell in the memory of the all the killed soldiers in the battle of Lemo . The monument was inspired by The Tales of Ensign Stål ( Part : Den döende krigaren ) .