The monument No. 56 - Žernov – Cervená Hora, Czech Republic
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1866 Austro-Prussian War Memorial - the monument No. 56.
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Location: Královéhradecký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 10/15/2014
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The major battle of Austro-Prussian war (
visit link) was preceded by several other military clashes and minor skirmishes and battles. These skirmishes had their own victims and this victims has own a monuments.
The monuments outside the central battlefield (i.e. those that are not here (
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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 polích v úžlabine mezi obcemi Žernov a Cervený Hora asi 300 kroku jihozápadne od silnice
Kamenný kríž na hrobe 3 pruských a 5 rakouských hulánu, padlých v jezdecké srážce 28. 6. 1866