As a result of the victory at Pulkkila Sandels could commence operations to the south and harass the Russian supply lines.

Sandels then sent a vanguard of 150 men (of which 80 from the Västerbotten Regiment), under Karl Wilhelm Malm, to attack a Russian supply magazine at Kuopio where there was also an improvised field hospital.

[1][2] As Malm arrived in the vicinity of Kuopio on the 11th he was joined by approximately 300 peasants.

By 6:00 AM the rest of the Russians surrendered; they had lost 40 killed and wounded and 160 captured, apart from a few civilians and 124 sick soldiers.

Two officers and about 70 men had managed to escape despite the peasants encircling the town.