Monument at the site of the first battle of the Cēsis Company
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Arturs Jansons (23.01.1893 - 22.06.1941). Source: timenote.info
Arturs Jansons (23.01.1893 - 22.06.1941). Source: timenote.info
The laying of the time capsule for the monument dedicated to the centenary of the Cēsis Regiment and the centenary of the first armed clash of the War of Independence took place on October 23, 2018 in Drabeši parish, Amata region. Source: LA.LV December 28, 2018
The monument dedicated to the first battle for the freedom of the country was dedicated by the chaplain of the National Armed Forces Gints Polis. The author and implementer of the monument's idea, Māris Niklass, the Chairperson of the Amata Regional Council Elita Eglīte, the Deputy Chairperson of the Cēsis Regional Council Inese Suija – Markova and the young people of Amata Regional Council Toms and Rainers were present at the opening. Source: Jānis Gabrāns, edruva.lv
View of the road from the monument. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
Monument at the site of the first battle of the Cēsis Company. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
Monument at the site of the first battle of the Cēsis Company. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
Monument at the site of the first battle of the Cēsis Company. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
Monument at the site of the first battle of the Cēsis Company. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
 A2/E77 79. km, Drabešu pag., Cēsu nov., Latvia
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Located in Drabeši parish, at kilometer 79 of the Vidzeme highway.

A monument made of granite is visible, with a stylized diagram of the Bolshevik invasion route carved into it.
The monument was unveiled and consecrated on December 28, 2018. In Drabeši parish, on December 24, 1918, the reconnaissance team of Captain Artūrs Jansons (1893 - 1941) delayed the advance of Red Army reconnaissance from Cēsis to Ieriķi with heavy machine gun fire. It was the first armed clash of Latvian troops with the Red Army of Soviet Russia.

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https://www.la.lv/piemineklis-piemirstai-neatkaribas-kara-epizodei
http://edruva.lv/brivibas-cinu-sakums-iezimets
http://news.lv/Amatas-Avize/2016/11/04/cesu-rotas-1918-gada-cinu-cela-pedas-amatas-novada
https://timenote.info/lv/Arturs-Jansons-23.01.1893

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