Memorial or cemetery
battle of Vetla monument
At Vetla in Anija parish a memorial recalls the fighting of 4–5 January 1919 in the War of Independence. The commander Lieutenant Colonel Jaan Maide later described how the Reds drove guards of the 5th Regiment out of Kreo farm and attacked Vetla mill again and again that evening, but were beaten back, and how at 2 a.m. the 2nd company counter-attacked and pushed them back to Kreo. The monument was unveiled on 26 June 1932, destroyed by the Soviet authorities in October 1940, and reopened on 6 January 1990, 71 years after the battle.
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Eesti keeles
Anija vallas Vetlas meenutab mälestussammas Vabadussõja lahingut 4.–5. jaanuaril 1919. Kolonelleitnant Jaan Maide kirjeldas hiljem, kuidas punased sundisid 5. rügemendi valveosad Kreo talust lahkuma ja ründasid õhtul korduvalt Vetla veskit, kuid löödi tagasi, ning kuidas kell kaks öösel 2. kompanii vasturünnakule läks ja vaenlase Kreo taluni tagasi tõrjus. Sammas avati 26. juunil 1932, nõukogude võim hävitas selle 1940. aasta oktoobris ja see taasavati 6. jaanuaril 1990, 71 aastat pärast lahingut.
Source: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vetla_lahingu_m%C3%A4lestussammas ↗