AUSTERLITZ 2005
for registered units
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FRIDAY December 2nd 2005
8:00-24:00 registration of participants, HQ (Brno-Slatina former military base)
All groups will be accommodated in the former military base in Brno-Slatina, Ripska st.
Expected is one representative of a group who will report:
- registration number of a group,
- name of the commander,
- name of the second-in-command,
- their mobile phone numbers (if available),
- total number of a group,
- number of officers,
- number of NCOs and soldiers,
- number of others,
- number of working muskets,
- total number of muskets,
- number of cannons,
- number of own horses (must not exceed the previously registered number),
- number of horses demanded to rent,
- units accommodated out of the military base must provide the address of their private accommodation
A group without a registration number is NOT considered as a participant of the event. A group whose number would decrease under the given limit (10 infantrymen, 5 cavalrymen, 5 cannonries) will be joined with other group of a given association and its members will be further considered as regular members of a hosting unit. Owners of horses brought above the registered figure will not be eligible to receive the reimbursements and it would not be possible to guarantee a place for them in central stables.
ID bracelets
A representative of a registered group will receive the exact number of ID bracelets to be distributed to members of his group to participate in the event. All of them must attach bracelets and not remove them until the end of the event. A bracelet authorizes its bearer to enter the quarters as well as together with the periodical military dress into the restricted area of the battle reconstruction on Saturday. Bracelets must be worn by all participants including generals and the event organizers. A black bracelets designs regular participants, a grey one assigned formation commanders and coordinators of associations, white ones will be worn by the event organizers. Children under 16 years will be not allowed to enter the battle reconstruction area.
Black powder
At the registration a group representative will receive a voucher for an appropriate amount of black powder. The powder will be available for at the designed depot. During Thursday, Friday and Saturday every group will be enabled to prepare and store its cartridges in the designed room under a competent supervision. A group should pick up its cartridges on Saturday between 06.30 in order to be ready for the morning line-up at 08:00.
Quarters
A representative of a registered group will be informed to which room a group will be assigned, receive a detailed itinerary (also will be published on the bulletin board in the HQ) including dispositions for the Saturday and Sunday program.
Rooms will be heated at ca. 20 °C thus it is necessary to bring along sleeping bags, camping mattresses or folding beds. It will not be possible to lock the rooms. Valuables and personal documents can be stored in a special closed and guarded room.
The former military base in Slatina will be guarded 24 hours a day and there will be a permanent service at the entrance.
Catering
The catering will begin with the Saturday breakfast available for groups accommodated in Slatina. Groups accommodated elsewhere are not eligible to get the breakfast provided by the organization. All participants will receive a warm lunch and a warm dinner directly on the battlefield. The catering will be finished with the Sunday breakfast. Next to that there will be a fast-food stand in the Slatina military base and just over the street there is a supermarket (opened daily until 20:00). On Saturday evening units invited by particular communities and the city of Brno for the night program will receive some treatment after the festive defile.
12:00-16:00 handover of rental horses, battlefield under the Santon Hill, Central Stables (Bonagro)
Groups which have expressed to rent horses will arrive to the battlefield where they will be assigned the particular number of horses. This number will be decreased proportionally according to the overall number of available horses. A group commander will decide who of his cavalrymen will get horses. A cavalryman for whom there would be no horse left would be assigned both according to his decision and an agreement with his commander to an infantry or artillery unit, eventually to the HQ.
If a cavalryman would prove his sufficient horse riding abilities, he would pay a rent of € 100 and his horse would be freely at his disposition until 16:00. After that a horse would be returned to the stable to be picked up again at 8:00 on Saturday morning (return again until 16:00).
Registered group require 143 horses to rent in total. There are 104 horses which will be assigned as follows:
| Group | Required | Assigned | Group | Required | Assigned |
| FC.C3 | 8 | 4 | AC.A5 | 2 | 0 |
| FE.C4 | 11 | 7 | AE.C8 | 13 | 13 |
| FE.C5 | 18 | 13 | AE.45 | 10 | 10 |
| FF.A7 | 3 | 2 | AA.C10 | 4 | 4 |
| FF.A8 | 2 | 0 | AA.C11 | 9 | 9 |
| FF.C7 | 12 | 8 | AA.C12 | 6 | 6 |
| FF.C8 | 4 | 3 | |||
| FF.C9 | 9 | 6 | |||
| FA.C10 | 10 | 6 | |||
| FA.C11 | 9 | 5 | |||
| FA.C12 | 6 | 4 | |||
| FP.C13 | 7 | 4 | |||
| French total | 99 | 62 | Allies total | 44 | 42 |
The listed number of horses is theoretical. Especially in case of possible health complications of animals the total number might decrease by a few percent. In the event there will be 200 horses, out of them 15 allocated for generals and staff officers and 81 private horses. A final number of available horses will be known first on Friday December 2nd at 12:00. In the first round no unit would get more horses than is stated in the table. However it might happen that this number would be lower. If there would be some horses left, they would be allocated to groups with proportionally lower number of horses.
Handling of horses (valid for both for rental and private horses)
Persons under the influence of alcohol or other psychotropic agents are forbidden from handling of horses. Every participant is liable to observe the principles of the security of work, protection of health of persons and protection of animals from maltreatment. Every cavalryman must handle the horse in such a manner preventing injuries of the horse and himself, other horses or damages of a property or health of other persons. Horses and cavalrymen will move in groups (units). Free riding with the horse is only possible in the restricted inner perimeter of the battlefield. A permission to leave the area can be issued by the Horsemaster only. It is strictly forbidden to enter the community of Tvarozna on the horse! Prior the take over of horses the group commander will hand over the “Declaration of the observing of the security of work, protection of health and the animal maltreatment” which will be signed by all the cavalrymen. With their signature they will confirm their acquaintance with these principles and readiness to abide them.
12:00-24:00 storage of cannons, Central artillery depot (Bonagro)
Artillery groups will bring their cannons in Bonagro to store them here until Saturday. On Saturday the transportation of cannons would face severe traffic difficulties. At the same time a check of tormentation (technical capability) of artillery barrels will be carried out. Artillery groups coming too late would bring their cannons in Bonagro between 06:00 and 07:00. The storage of cannons is obligatory for all artillery groups. In Bonagro there will a possibility to park the trailers. The entire facility will be guarded 24 hours a day. Cannons will be stored there after the battle, too.
12:00-24:00 stabling, Central stables (Bonagro)
Units bringing their private horses interested in stabling will bring them to the Bonagro facility. A horse will be stabled and provided all the care. For trucks and trailers there will be a reserved parking place.
All day long
Except the cavalrymen requiring the rental horses, artillerymen bringing their cannons to Bonagro and groups’ representatives all the other participants have a free program. The catering starts with a breakfast on Saturday morning. In Slatina there will be a fast-food stand.
SATURDAY December 3rd 2005
- 06:30 Reveille.
- 06:30-7:30 Breakfast (Slatina military base, canteen)
- 08:00 Line-up in full kit, inspection of troops by assigned commanders.
Even groups not accommodated in Slatina must arrive for the morning line-up there. Cars and busses will be parked inside the military base (under supervision). From Slatina, all the participants will be transported to the main entrance to the restricted battlefield area for participants. Cavalrymen will pick up their horses and artillerymen their cannons. In the event venue there will be extremely strict traffic limitations. The purpose of this solution is to avoid delays and mixing up of groups as well as to prevent unregistered groups to enter the restricted battlefield area. This instruction is valid for all groups. Only groups accommodated directly in Tvarozna and in the camp on the battlefield will line-up in the camp at 09:00 and allowed in the battlefield through the other gate. Groups accommodated in Austerlitz will line-up behind the church at 09:00 and will be transported to the main gate for participants. No delays of participants will be tolerated – who would not be present at the scheduled line-up will be excluded from the event.
- 08:30 Beginning of the transfer of groups to the battlefield
- 09:30 Beginning of the manoeuvres on the battlefield focused on the co-ordination of troops before the battle, drill.
- 10:30-12:00 Warm lunch on the battlefield (group-wise)
- 12:00-12:45 Lining-up according to the Ordre de Bataille, final inspections
- 12:45-13:00 Before the battle… reading of proclamations, prayers, cheers to Emperors.
- 13:00-15:00 Reconstruction of the battle of Austerlitz
Children until 16 years are not allowed in the battlefield. Suttlers and other non-military groups’ followers will be concentrated in the rear of both armies nearby provisional field ambulances. They will be able to watch the battle passively from there. No one of this group will be allowed to leave the designed sector.
None of the battle participants must take photographs or other records during the battle. In case of breaking this rule an individual or even a whole group could be brought out and excluded from the event.
- 15:00-15:30 Final festive defile and presentation of troops
- 15:30-17:00 Warm dinner on the battlefield (group-wise)
- 16:00 Return of rental horses and storage/transport of cannons (Bonagro)
- 16:15-17:15 Symphony Austerlitz 1805
- 16:30 Beginning of the transportation of groups to venues of the evening program
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Saturday evening program
The city of Brno along with the communities of the Austerlitz battlefield invites the participants for local festive programs on the occasion of the Austerlitz bicentennial.
French army
- Town of Slapanice invites groups registered through FLG (reg. numbers FF except FF.36)
- Town of Slavkov u Brna (Austerlitz) invites the group FF.36
- The program in Krenovice is provided by groups FC.09 and FC.A13
- Community of Zbysov invites Polish groups (reg. numbers FP)
- Community of Sokolnice invites groups registered through ARHM (reg. numbers FA)
- City of Brno invites groups registered through CENS and ENS (except the above mentioned)
Allied army
- Town of Slavkov u Brna (Austerlitz) invites groups registered through FLG (reg. numbers AF.A9, AF.52, AF.53 a AF.54)
- Community of Ujezd u Brna invites groups of ARHM (reg. numbers AA.55, AA.56, AA.57, AAC10, AA.C11 a AA.C12) along with groups AF.51 a AP.58
- Community of Tvarozna will be hosting Czech groups of CENS AC.14, AC.15, AC.A4, AC.A5 a AC.16
- City of Brno invites groups registered through CENS and ENS (except the above mentioned)
- Units going to Brno are going to have their lunch as the first, after them the groups assigned for Slapanice, Ujezd, Austerlitz and other localities.
BRNO
Groups will be transported from the battlefield back to the Slatina military base.
- 18:00 Line-up in Slatina
- 18:15 Beginning of the transportation of groups to Brno centre
- 19:00-19:30 Defile of troops through Brno
- 19:30-22:00 Well-deserved rest for the warriors, treatment (meat, hot wine)
- 22:30 Transportation of groups back to quarters, eventually a free entertainment in the city centre
OTHER TOWN AND COMMUNITIES
Groups will be transported from the battlefield directly to assigned towns and communities.
- 19:00-22:00 Individual programs
- 22:00 Beginning of the transportation back to Slatina military base
SUNDAY December 4th 2005
- 07:00 Reveille
- 07:00-8:00 Breakfast (Slatina military base, canteen)
- 08:30 Line-up in full kit (groups participating in the Sunday program)
- 09:00 Beginning of the transport of groups to Prace (Pratzen)
- 10:00-11:00 Short engagement on the field at Prace
- 11:00-11:45 Move and lining-up for the piety act
- 12:00-13:00 Piety act at the Peace Monument
- 13:00 Official end of the event and beginning of transportation back to Slatina military base
- 08:30-20:00 Reimbursements payment (Slatina military base, HQ)
Only one representative of a group will bring the name list of members of his/hers group (see the attached form), sign a prepared invoice and get the appropriate amount. A representative without a demanded data or incomplete list of participants will not get any reimbursements.
| Up to 50 km | circuit A | CZK 100,– | per person or gun |
| Up to 100 km | circuit B | CZK 200,– | per person or gun |
| Up to 200 km | circuit C | CZK 300,– (€ 10) | per person or gun |
| Up to 300 km | circuit D | CZK 400,– (€ 12) | per person or gun |
| Up to 400 km | circuit E | CZK 500,– (€ 15) | per person or gun |
| More than 400 km | circuit F | CZK 600,-– (€ 20) | per person or gun |
8:30-17:00 Pick-up of cannons (Bonagro)
SERVICES FOR PARTICIPANTS
- Accommodation on Thursday
Groups interested to be accommodated on Thursday will arrive to the Slatina military base, register (in HQ) and get their rooms. - Shuttle from Brno-Turany airport, Brno central train station or Zvonarka central bus station in Brno
After the check out at the airport or after the arrival to one of the stations a group should call the hotline number (in English) to be published soon here and wait for the bus which would transport them to Slatina military base. A minimal number of persons in a group must be 10. Smaller groups must use the public transportation or taxi. - Shuttle from Slatina military base to the Brno-Turany airport or to Brno city centre
Throughout Sunday there will be busses available to take groups to the airport or to the city centre (train, bus) - Stabling of private horses before December 2nd 2005
Groups wishing to stable their horses before December 2nd 2005 will bring them to Bonagro right after the registration in Slatina military base (HQ). The service provided by organizers will be fully available fist on Friday and thus a fee will be demanded.
ADVICE
- The catering starts with the Saturday breakfast available for groups accommodated in Slatina military base only. Groups accommodated elsewhere are not eligible to get the breakfast provided by organizers. They will get the lunch and dinner provided on the battlefield on Saturday.
- Travel reimbursements concern all the officers, NCOs and soldiers. Other participants (suttlers etc.) will receive reimbursements maximally up to 10% of the “military” figure of a group (Example: a group consists of 30 officers, NCOs and soldier and 5 camp followers = only 3 camp followers will receive reimbursements).
- The organizers are going to bear white ID bracelets. Their decisions and instructions are obligatory for all participants. Possible disobedience might result in an exclusion of an individual or even an entire group from the event. The same rule will be applied in case of disobedience of instructions from the production team members (designed by ID card) or the security service members.
Austerlitz 2005 is one of the largest events of the modern re-enactment being organized ever. It is going to be like we do it ourselves. All the participants are in the first place for the organizers.