The monument No. 54 - Mala Skalice, Czech Republic
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The Austro-Prussian War Memorial in Mala Skalice.
Waymark Code: WMM36B
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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Pomník stojí u silnice k Horickám asi 500 kroku od križovatky na Jaromer u domu c. 108. Jde o secesní pískovcový pomník zdobený mysliveckými odznaky, venovaný padlým r. 1866. Venoval sbor vojenských vysloužilcu r. 1913