FIRES OF JIRIKOVICE
OGNJI JIRIKOVIC

2.12.2005

On the eve of the battle Napoleon went to check his advanced positions near the village of Jirikovice. As he tripped over something in the darkness, the soldiers demonstrated their devotion by taking hay from the village roofs to lit up his way. Fires and loud cheering was observed by the puzzled enemy as well. Villagers were left without the roof over their heads, but their village found it's place in history. On the eve of the 2005 re-enactment a small commemoration of the event was organised in Jirikovice.

Na predvecer bitke si je hotel Napoleon ogledati prednje polozaje pri vasi Jirikovice. Ko se je v temi ob nekaj spotaknil, so vojaki pokazali svoje navdusenje nad njegovim obiskom tako, da so z vaskih streh pobrali slamo in z njo razsvetlili njegovo pot. Ognje in huronsko vzklikanje so opazovali tudi zacudeni sovrazniki. Vascani so ostali brez streh nad glavami, njihova vas pa je prisla v zgodovino. Na predvecer glavne prireditve ob dvestoletnici so v vasi obudili spomin na ta dogodek.

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