Battle of Wörgl In the Battle of Wörgl or Wörgel on 13 May 1809 a Bavarian force under French Marshal François Joseph Lefebvre attacked an Austrian Empire detachment commanded by Johann Gabriel Chasteler de Courcelles . The Bavarians severely defeated Chasteler ' s soldiers in series of actions in the Austrian towns of Wörgl , Söll , and Rattenberg . Wörgl is located south of the modern - day German border on the upper Inn River . The County of Tyrol rose in revolt at the start of the War of the Fifth Coalition . The hardy mountaineers rapidly banded together in irregular units and killed , captured , or routed the area ' s Bavarian and French garrisons . The rebels were soon joined by Feldmarschall - Leutnant Chasteler ' s regular division sent from the Austrian Army of Inner Austria . In mid - May , Lefebvre advanced on the Tyrol from the north and northeast with the Bavarian VII Corps . After the Bavarians mauled Chasteler ' s regulars at Wörgl , the Austrian general abandoned the Tyrol and attempted to join with the retreating army in Hungary . The victory allowed the Bavarians to temporarily reoccupy Innsbruck , though not without additional fighting . The Tyrolean Rebellion , however , was far from over . Even after the regular Austrian armies met defeat at the Battle of Wagram in early July , the revolt resisted all efforts to stamp it out . The back of the rebellion was finally broken in November and only fizzed out in February 1810 . Background . Handed to Bavaria after Austria ' s humiliation in the War of the Third Coalition , the County of Tyrol ' s inhabitants seethed against their new overlords . Not only did the new rulers impose Bavarian law and conscription on the province , but they failed to respect Tyrolean social and religious liberties . These tensions were fully exploited by Austria ' s agents , who circulated the territory in advance of the War of the Fifth Coalition . When Austria ' s armies invaded Bavaria and the Kingdom of Italy in April 1809 , the Tyrol erupted in revolt against its occupiers . The Tyrolese irregulars quickly captured or routed most of the Bavarian and French garrisons . Not only did the revolt cut off French - Allied communications between Italy and Bavaria , but it connected the Austrian armies operating in the two theaters . Desiring to sustain the rebellion , Generalissimo Archduke Charles , Duke of Teschen ordered his brother Archduke John of Austria to detach a regular division to support the revolt . Accordingly , John sent Chasteler from the Army of Inner Austria . Before he arrived , the Tyroleans scored a tremendous early success at Innsbruck . For two days , the Tyrolean leader Major Martin Teimer harassed the local Bavarian garrisons with a large force of irregulars . On 13 May , Bavarian Lieutenant General Baron Kinkel surrendered four battalions , two squadrons , and five cannons , a total of 3 , 860 troops . Teimer ' s men also trapped a column of 2 , 050 French conscripts . After an ineffectual defense by hard - drinking General of Division Baptiste Pierre Bisson , the entire column surrendered along with the eagle of the 3rd Line Infantry Regiment . The main Austrian armies were forced to retreat after Emperor Napoleon I of France defeated Feldmarschall - Leutnant Johann von Hiller at the Battle of Landshut on 21 April and Archduke Charles at the Battle of Eckmuhl on 22 April . On 27 April Napoleon ordered Lefebvre ' s VII Corps to seize Salzburg . This was accomplished two days later , as Feldmarschall - Leutnant Franz Jellacic ' s Austrian division withdrew to the south . On 1 May , General - Major Stengel ' s brigade of Lieutenant General Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria ' s division attacked the Lueg Pass near Golling an der Salzach . The 1 , 850 Bavarians were repelled by Captain Sessich ' s 420 men of the " Warasdin - Kreutzer " Grenz Infantry Regiment . Stengel lost 200 casualties while the defenders only lost 30 . Stengel probed the Leug Pass again on 4 and 5 May , while General - Major Raglovich ( with Rechberg ' s brigade ) moved against Abtenau , farther east . Again , the Austrians held their ground under the overall command of Jellacic , suffering 35 killed and wounded , and 70 captured . Bavarian losses were not reported . At about this time , General - Major Vincenti ' s brigade of Lieutenant General Bernhard Erasmus von Deroy ' s division suffered a minor defeat at the hands of the Tyrolean rebels . Lefebvre proposed to Napoleon that he send two battalions of reinforcements to aid Vincenti . The emperor criticized this idea and instead directed the marshal to march to the relief of Kufstein Fortress with the better part of his corps . Accordingly , Lefebvre advanced on Kufstein with Deroy and Lieutenant General Karl Philipp von Wrede ' s divisions , leaving the Crown Prince ' s division to hold Salzburg . On 11 May , Deroy relieved Kufstein and its 576 - man Bavarian garrison . Major D ' Aicher had resisted 3 , 000 Tyrolean and Austrian besiegers for exactly a month . The same day , Wrede advanced southeast from Salzburg to attack 600 Tyroleans at Lofer . The Bavarians lost 22 dead and 44 wounded , while inflicting about 70 casualties on their opponents . Wrede pressed on with 7 , 500 soldiers to Waidring where he battled General - Major Franz Fenner on 12 May . Fenner ' s 9th Jäger battalion , three squadrons of light horse , six guns , and 1 , 000 irregulars were driven off with about 100 casualties . The Bavarians lost 40 dead and wounded . Battle . " The Tyrol 1809 Order of Battle lists the regular units of both armies and their organization . " Wörgl is located about to the southwest of Kufstein , while Söll is about east of Wörgl . Advancing through Sankt Johann in Tirol , Wrede approached the village of Söll from the east . Meanwhile , Deroy ' s division was in the Inn valley in the direction of Kufstein . Chasteler attempted to stop the Bavarians with 5 , 000 mostly regular troops organized in 11 and one - half battalions , three and one - half squadrons , and 17 guns . This force included a tiny reinforcement from Jellacic ' s division , four companies of the " de Vaux " Infantry Regiment Nr . 45 and a half squadron of the " O ' Reilly " Chevau - léger Regiment Nr . 3 . The Austrians suffered a severe defeat and retreated southwest up the Inn valley . During the withdrawal , there was more fighting at Rattenberg . Historian Digby Smith reported that 3 , 000 Austrians were killed , wounded , and captured . The Bavarians seized nine guns , 27 ammunition wagons , and three colors and " effectively destroyed " Chasteler ' s command . Smith listed 8 , 000 infantry , 1 , 450 cavalry , and 18 guns as engaged in the fighting under Wrede ' s command . Smith did not list Deroy ' s troops , though they were nearby . Francis Loraine Petre noted that 600 Austrians and 11 guns were captured , but did not mention killed and wounded . On 14 and 15 May , Wrede clashed with 3 , 000 Tyrolean Landwehr and irregulars under Josef Speckbacher at Strass im Zillertal and Schwaz . The Bavarians reported 33 dead and 158 wounded while their adversaries lost 90 dead and wounded , plus 185 captured . Lefebvre occupied Innsbruck by 20 May and optimistically reported that the uprising would soon be suppressed . Deroy ' s division held its own during the first and second Battles of Bergisel on 25 and 29 May . However , the revolt was only temporarily repressed . Following orders from Archduke John , Chasteler withdrew the remnant of his division from the Tyrol , moving down the Drava River valley . With 4 , 000 to 5 , 000 troops , he attacked General of Division Jean - Baptiste Dominique Rusca ' s Italian division at Klagenfurt on 9 June . Chasteler was repulsed but slipped away to Maribor ( Marburg an der Drau ) and safety . For a short time , his march severed communications between Eugene de Beauharnais ' army and northeast Italy . Chasteler briefly joined Feldmarschall - Leutnant Ignaz Gyulai ' s corps , but soon separated in an attempt to reach Archduke John ' s army . He ended the war trying without success to interfere with the siege of Győr ( Raab ) in Hungary . After Napoleon ' s defeat at the Battle of Aspern - Essling and his subsequent concentration of troops for a decisive battle , the Tyrolean revolt flared again and the rebels scored many successes in June and July . Lefebvre reoccupied Innsbruck , but the Tyroleans beat the Bavarians in the third Battle of Bergisel on 13 August , chasing them out of the mountains again . Jean - Baptiste Drouet , Comte d ' Erlon replaced Lefebvre and won a clear cut victory over the rebels in the fourth Battle of Bergisel on 1 November .