Draft:Battle of Kemi

• Comment: Resubmitted without any improvement. Based on that and the multiple previous declines I can only assume that better sources are not available and the subject is therefore not notable enough to warrant inclusion at this time. To avoid further reviewer time being expended on this draft, I am now rejecting rather than merely declining it. DoubleGrazing (talk) 07:52, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

• Comment: The first source makes all of three mentions of Kemi. And even if it actually provides more extensive coverage than that, it is just one source, and as such not enough to establish notability.
  The second source isn't actually cited anywhere, it has been manually added into the references section, by the looks of it. One wonders, why? DoubleGrazing (talk) 13:22, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

• Comment: AGF on offline sources in Swedish, but inline citations with page numbers are needed. CurryTime7-24 (talk) 00:47, 11 June 2023 (UTC)

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Battle of Kemi
Part of Russo-Swedish War (1741–1743)
Date 24 November 1742 Location Kemi, Finland Result Swedish victory
Belligerents
Sweden	Russia
Commanders and leaders
Christopher Freidenfelt	Unknown
Strength
500 men	350 cavalry
Casualties and losses
12 men killed or wounded	50 men killed or wounded 67-77 horses captured

The Battle of Kemi was a battle during the War of the Hats. The battle was between Sweden and Russian Empire forces on 24 November 1742 at Kemi.

Background

After the great Swedish defeat at the Battle of Villmanstrand in 1741, Russian forces carried out an invasion of Finland in 1742. The Swedish army retreated quickly, among other things Helsinki fell on August 24 and Tavastehus on August 26. After Helsinki fell, all the Swedish regiments that were there were free to leave and sail back home to Sweden. One of these, the Småland cavalry, under the command of Christoffer Freidenfelt, retreated north to Vaasa, from where they made their way to Umeå on 25 October. However, only 500 men arrived here, as the rest had been driven to Härnösand by the weather. In Umeå, Freidenfelt was given command of an army corps consisting of Småland's Cavalry Regiment, Jämtland Regiment, Västerbotten Regiment and a 2,500-strong vargage detachment, however, this corps was never fully assembled. The small detachment Freidenfelt had soon been put in acceptable condition for a defense of the Tornedalen.

The battle

the swedes had left behind 748 Swedish horses, and in order to recover these, Freidenfelt carried out a quick offensive against Kemi in November. On November 24, the Swedish division reached Kemi and defeated the Russian force of Cossacks, Kalmyks and Hussars, who had been completely surprised. However, only 27 Swedish horses were found, which were taken together with between 40 and 50 Cossack horses.

Aftermath

After the Swedish victory, the Russian forces retreated south to Oulu and Freidenfelt, who had now been promoted to major general, stationed his department in Torneå. The following year, two overland attacks on Tornio were repulsed, after which Freidenfelt went on the counter-offensive, defeating a Russian force at the Battle of Ijo and advancing to, north of Oulu, before drowning in the Gulf of Bothnia between Umeå and Kello, after which the offensive stalled.