Battle of Tornio (1918)

On the Following day, Major Friedel Jacobsson who was the highest-ranking military official in Tornio, took command of the White Guard in the city.

The Reds were also supported by the local Russian Garrison, whose numbers had been rapidly depleting, having around 1,300 men in Tornio during fall, with there being around 450 left of them when the conflict started.

[1] The first subject to the battle was a local high school called Peräpohjolan Opisto, where around 50 Russian Garrison were located.

At 16:30, Mikko Kohonen and Tauno Jovenen's Groups, led by Jacobbson, came into conflict with Russians and Reds at the Northern section of the Railway Station.

Wallenius advanced his forces to the Southern section of the Railway Station, where after a few hours of fighting, the Reds surrendered.