Photo sites around Paring
Signpost at the fork where the Schierling-Paring road separates from the Schierling-Langquaid road, looking south to the woods beyond the Große Laaber. This was an important decision-point in the Peterson-Cumberlidge Eckmuhl maneuver: Should the Austrian reserves turn northwest for a frontal attack against Paring, or go farther west around Davout's south flank? We went for the flanking move.
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Looking northwest from the road junction toward Paring, over the site of the Peterson-Cumberlidge cavalry battle.
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Looking east from the hill just southeast of Paring. Schierling is visible in the distance at right. This is a formidable position for a battery dominating the approaches to Paring from the east, as Cumberlidge demonstrated.
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Looking north-northwest toward Paring from the hill just southeast of the village.
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Looking east from the Klosterberg hill northeast of Paring. This is another good site for a battery.
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Looking southeast from the Klosterberg hill northeast of Paring. Schierling is visible in the distance at right.
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Looking south from the Klosterberg hill, across the valley of the Große Laaber to the wooded heights between Allersdorf and Sankt Johann.
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