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Austerlitz Tour: The Santon
By William
Peterson
Click on any thumbnail image for a larger view.
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(Left
to right)
- View from the summit of the Santon looking
NW. The north face of the Santon is cliff-like
and almost unassailable.
- Replica French 8-pounder at the northeast
crest of the Santon. The actual armament of the
Santon was eighteen captured Austrian
3-pounders, supported by the 2nd Battalion, 17th
Légère.
- View from the summit of the Santon looking
NE over the village of Tvarozna, with Siwitz
(Sivice) in the distance. The Santon garrison
fired on Bagration's flanking force in this
direction.
- View from the summit of the Santon looking
E. The trees obscure the slope, which for the
first 20 meters from the top is at an angle of
about 45 degrees.
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(Left
to right)
- View to the SE from the Santon, showing the
old Olmutz Road (middle distance) and the new
superhighway beyond.
- View to the S from the Santon.
- The Santon as seen by the Allied troops,
looking NW.
- View from the south edge of Siwitz, looking
SW toward the Santon (center). Bagration's
flanking force consisting of the 5th Jaeger,
Mariupol Hussars, and Khazenkov Cossacks
advanced from here, driving in the pickets of
the 1/17th Légère, but was
repulsed by heavy fire from the Santon and
driven away in disorder.
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