The site of the battle of the Ruben battalion on November 18, 1944, near Pērkoni's house
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A memorial site at the site of the November-December 1944 battles of Lieutenant R. Ruben's battalion between the houses of "Vēvera" and "Dzilna" in Ugāle parish.
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