Shortly after the Battle of Oravais the Swedish king, Gustav IV Adolf, decided to land a force of 4,000 men under general Albrekt von Lantinghausen on the coast of Nystad, to cut-off the Russian connection between that town and Åbo.

Ready to receive them was the Russian commander Pyotr Bagration with a contingent (perhaps 1,200 men) and 5 guns.

After Lantinghausen had landed he made little progress in advancing and after reaching Lokalaks Church he was attacked by the Russians, at 6:00 PM.

On 6:00 AM the next day the Russians attacked again while Lantinghausen remained passive and made no effort to counterattack; after six hours Bagration attacked both Swedish flanks and Lantinghausen made the decision to embark his ships and sail away.

Lantinghausen was soon stripped of command by Gustav IV Adolf who replaced him with Gustaf Olof Lagerbring before the Landing at Helsinki several days later.