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Austerlitz Tour: Zuran Hill
By William Peterson
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(Left to right)
- Monument marking the site of Napoleon's headquarters on the morning of 2 December, 1805.
- Bronze battle map on the Zuran monument.
- View from Zuran Hill looking NE. The Santon is the hill visible at center.
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(Left to right)
- Panoramic view looking E to S from Zuran Hill. The Pratzen Heights are on the horizon at right, the village of Jirschikowitz at center right, the village of Blasowitz at center left. From here Napoleon watched the "sun of Austerlitz" rise, observed the Allied II and III Columns march west off the Pratzen Heights, and gave the order launching the surprise attack against the Allied center.
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