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London, England, 1809-05-13 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

REPORT OP LIEUTENANT-COLONEL TAXIS TO HiS
IMI=EMAL MA!ESTY.
Dated Inspruck, April 15.
SIRE—I feel it a duty incumbent upon me to
.ke known to your Imperial Majesty the testimo-
of bravery and fidelity which forraer subjects of
M ,jests have displayed, in proof of their attach-
.nt to your august House. '['he brave Tyrotrans,
,en to despair by the extinction of their Constitu-
1, which had been preserved entire and inviolate
icr the dominion (1 your Molests and that of your
igust ancestors, took up arms on the 10th instant, at-
:ked the Bavarians troopsat Stergingen; at Inspruck,
Hall, and at the Convent of St. Charles, and after
'ing killed or wounded more than 500 of the enemy
impelled them to surrender and capitulate. On the
th, it body of about 300 men, composed of French
Bavarian troops, presented themselves before
itiau, near Inspruck ; sustained a similar defeat to
e of the former, and a reinforcement of French
ops which came up on the 13th did not meet with
oetter fate. As prisoners are continually coming
I am not as yet enabled to ascertain the number
hem with precision : but there has already been
eight in, end sent on their way to Saltzburgh the
nch General Bisson ; several officers of the staff;
om 3000 to 4000 men, of diffetent descriptions, ar-
iery, cavalry, light infantry, Sec. ; and likewise the
',Arian General Kunkel, Colonel Ditfort, two Lieu-
'ant Colonels, two Majors, about twenty officers,
' above 12,000 Bavarian troops. The loss of the
eny, in cannon, colours, muskets, and money, is
yet exactly ascertained, because the peasants, in
enthusiasm of victory, have not yet brought in se.
,eral articles of which they took possession. A con-
e-able number of prisoners are brought is every
ter moment, who have been dispersed in the diffe
it attacks. I can say nothing of the bravery
the inhabitants, which must not sink below the
lity. Suffice it to say, as proofs of their valour
1 intrepidity, and determination, that they did not
.iesitate to attack, in the open plain, '2OO Bavarian .
troopers, whom they dismounted and compelled to
eirrender ; in fine, that they rushed in upon the
iemy's cannon, of which they made themselves
tasters. Their rallying signal was the sacred name
your Majesty, and far from leering to brave death
• the sake of their rightful Sovereign, they consider-
it
only as the reward of their valour and of their
!votion to the cause of their country.
" On the 9th, at noon, I received from Lieutenant
General Baron Jelachich orders to advance towards
Tyrol, across the mountains of the Saltzburgh
territory, shaping my march lire the Billerthal. My
etchment consisted of a division of the regiment of
:entry of Devaux, a battalion of the chasseurs of
lezburgh, the formation of which is not yet com.
«:te ; and of the first division of the 2d battalion of
militia of Saltzburgh. Although we made a
ruble march every day, we arrived only in time
admire the victory of the brave Tyrolians, mad to
!hold the great number of prisoners who bore wit-
s to the ietrepidity and decision of the attack. We
!re received with enthusiasm, teed our march from
frontier hitherto wore the aspect of a triumph.—
ir warriors were deeply affected with the demon-
:rations ofioy of all ages and sexes, who hastened to
,!et us, and with the uninterrupted cries of " Loeg
e our good Emperor Francis !" Our emotions were
und up to a pitch on beholding a great number of
defenders of the country, who had armed them-
Ares with every sort of weapon they could lay hold
and who pressed forward towards Inspruck; in
ler to put themselves in an attitude to encounter a
!sh column, of the enemy, which were said to be ap-
melting. Every feeling of exultation had reached
utmost pitch; the sound of the bells were mingled
:h the discharge of artillery and musquetry, and
di the joyous acclamations of our youthful war-
irs. It was an affecting spectacle to see hastening
ound us men of extreme old age, and youths of 12r
irs, armed with whatever had fallen into their
°
ids, and d'splaying before our eyes the trophies
:y had won from the enemy. They flatter them-
Ives (and I have only to repeat their promises) to
able to present to your Majesty five or six thou-
id prisoners as a pledge of their fidelity and attach-
tent. I feel it my duty above all to recommend to
it Majesty's imperial benevolence Mr. Straub, an
ekeeper at Hall. He has well deserved this dis-
tion, not only by organizing the insurrection of
country, but also by directing with equal judg-
.nt and zeal the three attacks, in which the Tyro-
is were happy enough to lose only 26 men. Thirty
tusand florins of public money have been stopped
ich were coming from Munich, and which were
:ed at Imbst. We are not yet enabled to state
amount of the other sums of public money of
ich we have taken possession. As in consequence
these adv nteges the functions of the Bavarian
ithorities have ceased, I thought it indispensable i
establish a provisional police, to maintain the sta- '
cy of internal tranquillity. (Signed) Texts,
Other reperts having already announced that the
'.thorn part of the Tyrol was in the hands of the
Lstriaits, this latter event completes the recapture
the whole of thet interesting province.
The nearer of the Dispatch of Lieutenant-General
xis. M. Zemrrocr,• .eleo was himself engaged in
if. a fie; reh ad ecei ved 'rem his Imperial Majesty the
and Cold Medal, the usual reward of civil merit.
Their first seccess is the more grateful to the heart ,
,is Irnpetial Majesty, es it is owing in a great
,asere to the loyalty and tile devotion of a province
ease att ichnient to the House of Austria has not
rn relaxed years of a foreign domination.
This spontaneous rnevernelot of the Tyrolese af-
-ds, at the same time, a new reef of the necessity
' the justice of a war, whit lr the wishes of the dif-
:nt eateons of Germatiy have invoked as the only
:ans of their liherateet.
scbarawi;, April tl, iK)9.
WAR SAW, A('ittl. 10.
All the Polish, Saxon, and 'ereech troops have, on
oiiiit of the eeellirentee received, that the Arch-1
;
Ferdinand Was a dvanciniT against this residence
.n %tit!, an army of 40,()00 men, falett back to Ka-
I, in oriFr there to t;,ke itp a strong position fir the
peeet, The yap of the. Aieerian ni my arrived here
.es and the centre amid re ;r are expected to.
morrow, and, after t.,-morrow, in our environs. The
quarters of the Archduke are eosaiwielly csta-
'Whel in this.plaCe.