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mistice ; I did not know any 

 thing about it; it was concluded 

 by my brother Charles. And he 

 solemnly promised never to sep- 

 rate his cause from theirs. De- 

 puties were sent too from the 

 Tyrolese to London, where they 

 published a manifesto, 13th No- 

 vember, stating their conduct and 

 their sufferings in both the former 

 and the present struggle ; and de- 

 claring iheir resolution, whatever 

 peace their beloved sovereign 

 might be obliged to sign, never 

 to come to any acconmiodation 

 with Buonaparte or submit to the 

 iron yoke of Bavaria. Such of the 

 Tyrolese peasants — indeed they 

 were all peasants, though among 

 these were many ancient families — 

 as fell into the hands of the enemy, 

 particularly the Bavarians, weve 

 treated with great inhumanity, and 

 for the most part put instantly to 

 death. But that good people, the 

 Tyrolese, treated their prisoners, 

 whether French, Saxon, or Bava- 

 rians, with great care and tender- 

 ness. The wounded prisoners were 

 attended and nursed bj' the women, 

 as if they had belonged to their 

 own families. 



The armistice between Austria 

 and France was followed by a de- 

 finiiive treaty of peace, but not till 

 the space ofthree months thereafter. 

 By this treaty, which was dated at 

 Vienna, October 14-th, 1809,* Aus- 

 tria ceded all her sea coast to France 

 and the kingdoms of Bavaria and 

 Saxony were so much farther en- 

 larged as to become efficient checks 

 on the future growth of the power 

 of Austria, and thereby to confine 



her within the limits which Buona- 

 parte had assigned her. Russia 

 obtained so much of the territory 

 of Gallicia as should contain four 

 hundred thousand souls. — The em- 

 peror Francis agreed to acknow- 

 ledge Joseph Buonaparte as king 

 of Spain. 



As the treaty was declared to be 

 common to the king of Bavaria, 

 among the rest of Buonaparte's de- 

 pendant princes, it was not neces- 

 sary that any thing should be sti- 

 pulated respecting the Tyrol, un- 

 derstood to form part ot the Ba- 

 varian kingdom ; but Buonaparte 

 very graciously engaged to pro- 

 cure a full and complete pardon 

 for the inhabitants of the Tyrol and 

 Voralberg, who had taken a part 

 in the insurrection, so that they 

 should not be prosecuted either in 

 persons or property. 



A proclamation was issued by 

 Eugene Beauharnois, now styling 

 himself Eugene Napoleon, viceroy 

 and commander-in-chief of the 

 army of Italy, to the people of the 

 Tyrol,! in which he told them 

 that he brought them peace since 

 he brought them pardon ; but that 

 pardon was granted them only on 

 the condition of their returning to 

 their obedience and dutj', and vo- 

 luntarily laying down their arms. 

 Charged with the command of the 

 armies that surrounded them, he 

 came to receive their submission, 

 or compel them to submit. But 

 the inhabitants of the Tyrol and 

 Voralberg continued firm and 

 steadfast in the resolution of de- 

 fending the passes in their country, 

 and even to make excursions into 



Bavaria 



* See the treaty, State Papers, p. 733. 

 t I>ate<l bead-quarters, Villach, October 

 p. 738. 



26th, 1809. See State Papers, 



