Monument at the site of the first battle of the Cēsis Company
Memorial site
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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.
Used sources and references:
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
