The Sun.
London, England, 1809-11-14 00:00:00

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[PRICE SIX!) NCR HALFPENNY

SUBSTANCE OF THE

EST OF TllB TYROL DEPUTIES.

The. county of Tyrol and the seven lirincipalities
of Voralberg•have, fora series or centuries, mristi-
tuted an hereditary portion of the Imperial House (rf
Austria. The peopleitiliabiting these count ries.dis.-
tinguished themselves in every war by such undanne;.
tel valour, that the Emperors successively cenferted
upon them very coni4erable privileges. Daring the
seventeenth and the last centuries, when the Swedes,
French, • and Bavarians made such rapi(l adv4nces in
the Gentian. Etripire, these provinces always reptilsed
the enemy with considerable loss. In the year 1703)
particularly when the BaYaiian army had penetrated
into the Tyrol, it was so ill received, that scarcely a
.few remained to attend their Eleaor back. The at.
tachment of the Tyroleans and Vordbergers to their
Emperors was always firm ; for they governed them
with signal and paternal mildness, 1,41111;11y preserv-
ing their privileges. Thus, though not blessed either
with a delicious climate, or a fertile soil, these pas»
toral nations, not aware of their poverty, led a very
contented and harpy life in their cottages, until the
war of the French Revolution broke out. The wallies
.were inhabited by thousands of persons, who, be-
fore that period, had never seen a soldier ; but
thenceforward whole armies traversed their country,
some proceeding to the interior of Germany, and
others going to Italy. The poor inhabitants furnish-
es them gratuitously with provisions and all sorts of
necessaries, and thereby put themselves to great in-
convenience. Still, they not only refrained from
murmurs, but evinced their loyalty by the ereaion of
a corps of Tyrol and Voralberg chasseurs, called
" the Tyrol Fieldyagers"—all of them volunteers
and natives ; who, in addition, to their pay, were
allowed by their country nine cremzers each man
daily It is to be observed, that the male population
in these mountains is from its eighth year, trained
to the use of the gun, by hunting, as well as firing
at targets. Such superior marksmen, as this ancient
pradice makes of them, must, it may easily be sup.
posed, prove a great addition to any army. In fad,
they have ever uncommonly signalized themselves
in all Austrian wars. Yet they could not stem the
current of disaster which overwhelmed the arms of
their government, and in 1794 the enemy approach- •
ed their frontiers.

The Emperor now summoned his brave and be.
loved Tyrol or Voralherg subje&s, reminding them
of their ancient 'tame for sharpshooting. But they
bad anticipated the summon:, by organising, of their
own acco; d, a levy en masse. They hastened to the de-
fence of the frontiers, and thus preserved their_coun-
tries free from invasion.

In 170, the enemy again attempted to make in-
roads from Italy, Switzerland, the Griqons, and
Swabia. He only succeeded on the side of the Gri-
sons, where the passes were but weakly guarded, as
the main force had been dispatched towards Swabia
and Italy, where the enemy, likewise, was strong-
est. Still the invaders kept only four days possession
of the Pfintschgau, when they were vigorously
driven back upon the ,Grisons and the Engadine,
though, in their retreat, they pillaged and burnt the
towns of Mals and Glurens.

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War having again broke out in 1799, their fron-
tiers were also menaced. The inhabitants immedi-
ately repaired thither to guard them : and in. 1800,
when ;Marshal IVlassena had crossed the.Ritine near
Feldkirk, in the Voralberg, with a very superior
and vi&orious force, he was there, as well as near
the almost impregnable mountain-tortress of St.
.Luciensteig, so completely defeated, as to lose se-
veral thousand in killed and prisones, besides a
great -quantity of field-pieces and
They also oispossessecii him of the Grisons, and pur:.
sued hint, m company with other troops, as far as
Zurich.

After a few years quiet, the flames of war re-
kindled more furiously than ever in 1801. The in-
habitants of the Tyrol and yoralberg were .at once
attacked nn every side, so as'to. be rendered dubious
whither to carry reli-et. first. Notwithstanding, the
enemy was valorously checked at every point, and
suffered, especially on the banks of the Seharnitz, a
dreadful discomfiture.. Untorittnately their indivi-
dual bravery could not retriel'eibe,gelleral
By the- terms of the armistice entered into ate;tr the
disastrous battle of Holtenlinden,. the Tyrol and Vo-
ralberg, counties that had constantly bid &fiance to
the victorious troops of France, were surrendered as
pledges ! It was then that the real hardships Of
these poor mountaineers began. Their barred coun-
tries, even before drained .of their little pittance,
were now obliged to maintain: a body of French
troopsi, in addition to a corps of Austrians„ The
savage foreigners were destitute of every thing,- aril
ail:their wants were to be supplied. This dreadful
calamity tasted three months, u calamity which the
ever onsubdueci Tyrolese. and Voralbergers imagined
to have hide deserved by their firm attachment to
their emperors.

Buonapartes insatiable ambition having stirred up
war once more in 1805, he ordered the Tyrolese and
Voraibergers to be attacked in every point. Marshal
Ney, on•the banks of the Scharnitz, repeated his
attack thrice., He was driven back with immense
slaughter. The same fate shared the BavanatiGe-
.. nerals Deroy and Siebbein, who made a vigorous as.,
sault upon Kutsteiu and the. pass of Strub.
These efforts, however, were, unable to counter-
poise the disastrous surrender of Ulin..by General
Mack, and the. calamitous issue of the'engaimient
of Austerlitz; in conq:quence of which; Buona-
parte, in the peace of -Presburg, made the cession 'of
the Tyrol and Voraloerg an express condition.
t is not in the power of Language to describe the
feelings of the hottest Tyroleans and Voralbergers at
the receipt of. this melancholy intelligence. Ever
since 1794, when the Revolutionary war began,
their brilliant vittorie.s had nor.been sullied by any
defeat. They. were au heroic- people in the, literal
i,_senw of the word. Yet the reward ot= their,le)alty

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