Bumbu hill firewatch tower Memorial site

Ball Hill, 2020. Source: Riga Planning Region, author: Edgars Ražinskis.
Ball Hill, 2020. Source: Riga Planning Region, author: Edgars Ražinskis.
Latvian Army soldiers move into position during the attack of Bermont's army. Riga, October 1919. Source: Latvian National History Museum.
Latvian Army soldiers in the Bolderāja dunes. 1919. Source: Latvian War Museum
Bomb hill
Bomb hill
Bomb hill
Bomb hill
Bomb hill
Bomb hill
Bomb hill
Bomb hill
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A memorial site for the Latvian Freedom Struggles. During the Bermontiades in November 1919, the command post of the Latgale Division led by Krišjānis Berķis was located here. The 6th Riga Infantry Regiment, attacking from Bumbu Hill, captured Sudrabkalniņš.

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Memorial sign on Bumbu Hill. Free Land, No. 248. 1939.

Anderson, E. The Latvian Armed Forces and Their Prehistory. Toronto: Daugavas Vanagu Central Publishing House, 1983.

1918 – 1920
I Wars of Independence

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Bumbu Hill is a high hill in the Bolderāja dunes, Kleistu Forest, Riga. A memorial site for the Latvian Freedom Struggle. During the Bermontiades in November 1919, the command post of the Latgale Division led by Krišjānis Berķis was located here. The 6th Riga Infantry Regiment, attacking from Bumbu Hill, captured Sudrabkalniņš. A memorial plaque was installed in 1939, which was destroyed in 1969. The memorial site was restored in 1989.