The Napoleonice Days 2013 will be organized at the occasion of the 244th anniversary of the Emperor Napoleon, and of the bicentenary of the war of 1813. The autumn part of the campaign will start two weeks after the Napoleonic Days with the commemorative event of the bicentenary of the battle of Kulm near Usti nad Labem.

On friday afternoon and evening, the troops will set their camp near the Peace monument above the commune of Prace. On saturday they will march across the central part of the historical battlefield, and in the evening they will do a parade in front of the monument to commemorate Napoleon’s anniversary. On sunday, in the field above the village of Sokolnice, a battle re-enactment will take place, as an invitation for the bicentenary of Kulm.

Members and guests of the C.E.N.S. will participate at the event.

Program:

Saturday 17th august 2013

09:00 – 15:00 march across the battlefield of Austerlitz (Peace monument – Sokolnice – Kobylnice – Prace – Peace monument; cca 9 km)
17:00 – 17:30 parade in front of the Peace monument

Sunday 18th august2013

09:30 – 11:00 exercise and maneuvers in the field above Sokolnice
11:00 – 11:30 battle re-enactment

The Project Austerlitz and the C.E.N.S. organize the Napoleonic Days every year since 2003. In 2005 and 2006 they took place in Tvarozna, in 2003, 2004 and 2007-2012 in Austerlitz. The town of Slavkov u Brna (Austerlitz) decided this year to entrust the organization of  it’s summer military history event to another organizer. The reason of this decision is discord concerning the quality of the napoleonic exposition made by a building company in the stables of the Austerlitz castle, a very low quality according to our opinion, and we oppose our-selves against it openly. However, we do not link this contradiction with the organization of the events in Austerlitz.