9:30 Opening of the French and Austrian camps to the public
One hundred soldiers of the French and Austrian armies of 1813, dozens of tents, camp equipment, weapons, uniforms, banners. You will see all this throughout the day in the area in front of the Purkrab.
10:00 - 11:00 Fort parade and parade in the camp
The French army will welcome Emperor Napoleon at the Tabor Gate and escort him to the camp, where a joint Franco-Austrian parade will take place. We are at the time of a fragile summer truce, the Austrian Empire is still formally neutral in the conflict.
11:00 - 12:00 French and Austrian infantry and artillery training demonstrations.
Infantry and artillery units of both participating armies, under the command of officers, will demonstrate selected elements of training and maneuvers that are the cornerstone of battlefield tactics. They will demonstrate infantry rifles and their handling, as well as the guns of the French Gribeauval system and the Austrian Liechtenstein system.
14:00 demonstration of falconry, Vandamme near Slavkov and near Chlumec
Generál Vandamme, jeden z Napoleonových nejschopnějších, měl pověst “lupiče” a rád si dopřával luxusu a povyražení. Na těžení s sebou vozil kromě mnoha dalšího také loveckou výbavu, a v době klidu zbraní či přestávky mezi vojenskými akcemi se věnoval lovu, včetně sokolnictví. Mělo se to odehrát mj. v roce 1805 na Prateckých výšinách ve dnech před bitvou u Slavkova. V roce 1813 sehrál pak tentýž generál na francouzské straně hlavní roli ve třetí velké napoleonské bitvě na našem území. At the end of August 1813 he was captured at Chlumec and taken to Russia for about a year.
15:00 defilé pevností
Units of the French and Austrian armies will perform a ceremonial parade of the Vyšehrad forts from the Tabor Gate to the Purkrabstvo.
15:30 Ceremonial parade on the occasion of St. Napoleon’s Day
Napoleon was born on August 15, 1769. According to an imperial decree of January 1806, this day became the national holiday of St. Napoleon in France. The army celebrated the day with roll-calls, parades, promotions and decorations. Napoleon celebrated his 44th birthday, 15 August 1813, in Dresden, in the midst of preparations for the resumption of hostilities. On that day M. de Narbonne arrived from Prague, bearing Austria’s declaration of war..
16:00 – 17:00 demonstrations of French and Austrian infantry and artillery training
Infantry and artillery units of both participating armies, under the command of officers, will demonstrate selected elements of training and manoeuvres that are the cornerstone of battlefield tactics. They will demonstrate infantry rifles and their handling, as well as the guns of the French Gribeauval system and the Austrian Liechtenstein system.
from 9:00 to 18:00 hourly guards at the Tabor (French army) and Brick (Austrian army) gates.
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