The monuments No. 52, 53 - Mala Skalice, Czech Republic
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The Austro-Prussian War Memorial in Mala Skalice.
Waymark Code: WMM369
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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Vysoký litinový kríž na mohutném pískovcovém základe se ctyrmi nápisovými deskami. Nechali jej postavit dustojníci 32. peš. pluku d´Este svým padlým kamarádum.
Naproti pomníku c. 52, pres silnici, se nachází pomník c. 53 - nedávno renovovaný hrb s litinovým krížem a kovovým oplocením.