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distance southwest can be near the dark, forest-covered ridge of the Karlĭn Týn territory. This whole elevation shows the pebbly (or somewhat bowldery) soil which is so common about Prague.
I then walked to Motol, and from an abrupt sharp little peak rising above the village, and just N. of it, I took photo 7, showing the outline of Bilá Hora.
The main battlefield is marked by the church "Panenky Marie Vitĭgué", on the top, - not quite the highest place.
As I approached the upper part of the slope I realized why this is called Bilá Hora. There is much whitish sandy clay exposed along the road, in gullies and fields, giving to the surface a whitish color. A deep valley runs towards Košíře, parallel to the ridge Bilá Hora. Down this valley a portion of the Protestant army retreated, and were

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pursued, - the other part following the valley on the other side to the north of the ridge. Both fled eastward.
I took photos 8, 27, 28 and 6 on the battlefield, from which I also took a bit of soil as a keepsake.
I wandered about over the field in sorrow, which was soon engulfed in indignation when I observed that the place so sacred was ^[[insertion]] desecrated and [[/insertion]] polluted by two, or more properly one, circumstance: -
To commemorate the destruction of Bohemian independence a church had been erected, - "Panenky Marie Vitĭzué" on the battlefield.
A "pont" (pilgrimage) to this place was held yesterday and today, and crowds of people gathered here, partly to attend the services in the Church, partly to make purchases of trinkets from the long row of booths extending eastward from the church, and partly