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ed till noon, when the insurgents went to meet the Ist
division, coming from the Brenner. The 3d division
resolutely maintained its position. A farm yard,
situated on the heights of the left bank of the Inn, in
which the insurgents had made a stard, was taken by
storm, by a detachment of the sth regiment of infan-
try, and the light battalion of Butler. On the 15th
the insurgents, with superior force, and from the same
points, made a fresh and very lively attack on the
advanced posts stationed on the right bank of tl elan.
The darkness of the night alone put an end to the
conflict. The troops fought with signal bravery, and
resolutely kept their position. Sometimes the enemy
succeeded by superior numbers, to drive back some
posts ; but the same moment the heights were again
climbed au pas de charge, and the insurgents repulsed.
" The small firing continued on the 7th, Bth, and
9th of August, detachments were sent to the moun-
t:tins to clear them from the rebels, and drive the cat-
tle together. They climbed the steepest heights with
equal courage and rapidity,, routed the rebels, burnt
the houses from which fire had been given, and
brought in a couple of hundred heads of cattle ; but
the First Lieutenant, Picton, and Lieut. Brattria, lost
their lives on this occasion, besides one private ' Lieut.
Xylander, with 13 privates, were wounded. On the
last day the firing ceased by the Marshal's command,
The followirg account of some late military operations In the who had a conference at the out-posts with five of the
Tyne is (KM a Hamburg!: Paper. Tee involuntary homage insurgents, the purport of which conversation remain-
which is thus pald by the enemy to the valour and enterprise ed unknown.
•f the Tyrolese, thews what they were capable of erecting in " During these events, the 3d division of the Ba-
wise the war had been renewed: varian army had remained at Inspruck. After the
~ On the sth of Aatgust intelligence reached In- French General of Division, Senator Count de Beau-
spruck, that the Saxon corps, commanded by the Im- moat, had advanced to Vorarlia by Landeck and
perial French General Rouyer, destined to advance the Arlberg, only the sth, 9th, and 10th regiments
against Brixert, had been surrounded on all sides by of infantry of the line, with a division of-the regiment
the insurgents, who had broken down the bridge of of Taxi's dragoons, and some artillery of the 3d Ba-
Laditsch, and forced the core,' by a murderous fire varian division, had been ordered to Imst and Lan-
ai rifle-guns kupt up from the mountains on both deck, to keep up the communication with the troops
saes, as well as by trees and stones rolled down, in Vorarlia.
to fight its way through with considerable loss to Ster- "As the advancing against Bregenz met with
eingen, Nvheze Colonel Count Von Witgenstcin had such unexpected and violent resistance, to facilitate !
gone to reinforce it with two companies of the in- this operation, Colonel Baron Boureschevett, with
fantry battalion of Habermann, a detachment of the Lieutenant-Colonel Vassereau, of the French Staff, by
first of dragoons, one battalion of Saxons, and two his side, was to advance with the 20th regiment of I
feces of cannon. In (consequence, on the same after- the line Von Junker, a squadron of the 2d of dra- '
coon, the first division oldie Bavarian army advanced goons, and two three-pounders from Landeck by Fin-
to Steinach, and on the Brenner to Sterzingen. But sternminz to Memo in order to take from thence thel
Con nt Ber Chem hadclaa ed the insurgents fram the insurgents in the valley of Eisack in the rear, an en-1
village of Grossenfuss, at the foot of the Brenner, terpose somewhat hazardous for a detachment of
mounted the abbattis behind this village, and pre. only about 1400 men. On the Bth, the column put
vented the rebels breaking down a bridge which joins itself on its march from Landeck.
the road here. On the division advancing over the The bridge of Pruns was broken down, and owing
rrenner, they fired from the mountains and houses, to the brisk fire of the insurgents, who, by intercept-1
and flung stones, but without effect. The village of ing a dispatch, had got information of this expedi- '
Cberried, from which the insurgents did most harm, tion, the practicability of a passage had become im-1
was by order of the Marshal Duke of Dantzic set on possible. It could be the less risked, as the insurgents I
61.4 beside. some small houses, by the column, had already occupied the mountains in the rear, so
46 The regiment of Life Guards, two companies that with every advancing step the peril of the co-
of the regiment Bornklan, and a combined company lumns, being entirely surrounded, imminently in-
of French troops, advanced over the mountains on creased. The retreat was resolved ; but to keep it
the right side of the valley ; and the Crown Priece's concealed the attack on the bridge was continued till
regiment, with the battalion of Habermann, over the night set in, and not till nine o'clock the retreat corn.
mountains on the left, through unbeaten paths, and menced with the utmost quiet.
with incredible difficulty and exertions, over rocks " Scarcely had the Ist battalion sf the 10th regi.
and cliffs, continually engaged with the rebels, while ment of infantry passed the bridge at Rundeck, when
the rest of the infantry, the artillery, and cavalry, un. the noise made by the carpenters, ;an removing a large
der Major-General Raglowich, followed In the valley abbatis, and the trotting of the cavalry that crossed
slowly, and in proportion as the former advanced.— the bridge, betrayed the movement to the insurgents.
With this column was the Marshal Duke of Dantzic A shower of balls fell on the bridge, and pieces of
himself; the two columns penetrating over the reek, six and eight feet in diameter, rolled into the
mountains were joined, on the part of the French entrance. The cavalry, the cannon behind it, and
staff, by Colonel Mainzarnau and Lieutenant-Colonel the 2d battalion of the regiment that was to cover the
Hatry. retreat, could no longer venture to pass the bridge ;
" Owing to the heat on those days, and the total stone masses broke in pieces the gun-carriages, and
want of refreshment, this march became so fatiguing the ammunition waggons • and by others men and
for the troops, that they would not have been able to horses were thrown into the Inn, that flows below.—
continue such efforts many days longer. Farther Soon the defile was covered up with pieces of rocks,
forward the bridges were broken down, and the road trees, killed and wounded soldiers, and horses.—
rendered impassable by enormous pieces of rocks About 1800 men, and 700 horses, are missing, most
hurled down from the eennetains to a great distance. of them, we learnt afterwards, were made prisoners.
T:ie troops took position on the banks of the Eisack, Two three-pounders. and three ammunition-waggons,
one league from Sterzingen, and established their were lost. The Ist bat tali on of the 10th regiment, which
out-posts before Mauls. Major-General Baron Von had first passed nearly through the bridge, was,
S•eitgel was near Sterzingen, where the Marshal had stopped by two defended abbatis ; yet, at two o'clock
his head-quarters. in the morning, amidst constant fighting, it gained
"It was hoped, rest might be allowed here to the Landeck, where it was joined by the Ist battalion of
fatigued troops, but the insurgents attacked the the sth regiment.
bridge of Landock with superior force. After an ob. "On the other side of the Inn, the sth regiment
min..te resistance, the retreat, amidst continual fight- of infantry of the line and the sth light battalion
it g, was continued to Zamp,and from thence to Jinn, fought with the same courage, and drove the rebels
here the 2d batt=alion of the .sth regiment stood in one league from Inspruck. Besides several killed,
the fire, having been attacked since day-break by a the division had 184 wounded, including 12 officers.
column of insurgents. The troops now retreated also The Insurgents themselves state their loss at 800
from Inr-t, several bridges on the Inn having been men. The two divisions might easily have held out
destroyed. On the road to Memingen the carriage near Inspruck ; but the communication with the
of a six-pounder was quite shivered by a piece of rock. Circle of the Isar by Seeleld, being interrupted since
Near Memingen the insurgents surrounded the whole General Senator Beaumont passed through it, that
column. The courage of the troops unabated by the of the valley of the Ach extremely difficult, and that
horrors of the night, and the uncommon exertions of by Kufstein separated and unsafe, and a want of pro-
two days, extricated them. With the loss of about visions and ammunition being also possible, other
200 men, the column reached Zirl about evening, considerations took place.
extremely spent. " General Montmarie, to open a communication '
44 On the 10th, the whole third division united with Old Bavaria, advanced with the corps of Colo.
shout lnspeuck- Probably, because of the news of nels Count Arco and Olerndorf, by Hall and Schwaz
the unhappy occurrence, and considering that the to Rattenberg, amidst no small resistance of the In- ,
road to Brixen was covered with such immense mas- surgents. On the 13th, Colonel Count Arco, struck '
ses of stones, ;anti because the publican Hofer availed by a ball, fell before Schwaz : unexpectedly, the first
I imself of the negociations only to cut off entirely the division of the army received orders to retreat, and
retreat of the first division of the army ; it broke sip marched unmolested on the 14th, at nine o'clock in
er the 10th 0.• evening, at ten o deck, from the the evening, from Inspruck to Schwaz.
pc sition between Swains and Mattis, to the Brenner, "On the 15th, the troops only received half ra-i
and quietly continued its march on the Ilth by tions ;on the 16th, only a little biscuit. The horses
Steinach to Metre)+, where its rear-guard was first had had no oats for several days. The 3d division of
begun to be fired upon. the army had also left Inspruck in the night between .
66 From here, as far as Mount Isel, one league the 14th and 15th, and was from Voider s constantly'
Isom Inspruck, peasants were every where advant.t. pursued by the enemy's fire, and reached Schwaz on
essously posted ; and If the advanced guard ever dis- the next day between ten and eleven o'clock.
lodge,l them, still it did not prevent them from ga. "On the 16th, the Marshal made both divisions
thertng again and firing on the lo;ig column. Skir. pass in review, and formed a battalion of volunteers,
mishers were sent en the mountains, and grenadoes to cover the flanks and form a rear guard, out of the
thrown up ; eves le cavalry dismounted and climb. first division, for which every battalion furnished three
ed the mountain a but the position was too well co- efficers, eight non-commissioned officers, and 100 pri-
vered Lo be atta Iced from the read side, the soldiers rates. More than one-ball of the officers and pri-
by bad fare, and a continual march of 20 leagues, vacs had volunteered for this purpose. The com-
ely) too much fatigued to be able to drive the rebels
from their hiding places, and to prevent the columns rand was given to Major Count Seyboltsdorf. On
the 16th, at six o'clock in the evening, the third divi-
beng much injured. I sun left Schwaz, and was followed on the 17th, at
" Colonel Count Von Bpaur, Lieutenant Count four o'clock in the morning, by the first, of which the
Von pain., and 'First Lieutenant Baton Luning,' regiment ef the Crown Prince, under Major Count
were made prisoners, and Lieutenant-Count
Th • I
Bee. 1 Von Seyholtsclorf, was now forming the rear-guard.
chew All 1 Baran Lumpenbtrg wounded.
Schwaz, as far as Brixlegg, the rear-guard was
r (bed Inspruck at five &clack in the evee di'
firedg. From _
nin vi
se On the s Mme day, in the morning, the gents gents upon from houses and rocks, and even from the
opposite b. nk of the Inn l and the fire from the
had attacked the third diviaton of the army on Mount► houses of bri4legg being the most violent, it was set
Isel, and on the road of Zirl. The engagement. Lest„ on fire with gtea4dees.

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