The monument No. 46 - Ceska Skalice, Czech Republic
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The Austro-Prussian War Memorial in Ceská Skalice.
Waymark Code: WMM361
Location: Královéhradecký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 07/13/2014
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The major battle of the Austro-Prussian war - Battle of Königgrätz (
visit link) - was preceded by several other military clashes and minor skirmishes and battles. These skirmishes had their own victims and these victims have own a monuments.
The monuments outside the central battlefield (i.e. those that are not here (
visit link) have their own number series.
This is the memorial of the victims of The Battle of Skalitz [CZ: Ceská Skalice] (
visit link) . It was a minor engagement in the Königgratz/Sadowa campaign of the Austro-Prussian War in Bohemia on June 28, 1866.
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V zahrade domu c. 91 naproti benzínové pumpe je umísten hrob oznacený typovým krížem a ohranicený betonovým obrubníkem. Hrob není prístupný, ale na fasáde domu jsou na pamet události z roku 1866 zazdeny delové granáty a koule.