432 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1809. 



tion of their constitution, which had 

 been preserved entire and inviolate 

 under the dominion of your majesty 

 and that of your august ancestor, 

 took up arms on the 10th instant, 

 attacked the Bavarian troops at 

 Stergingen, at Inspruck, at Hall, 

 and at the convent of St. Charles ; 

 and after having killed or wounded 

 more than 500 of the enemy, com- 

 pelled them to surrender and ca- 

 pitulate. On the 12th a body of 

 300 men, composed of French and 

 Bavarian troops, presenting them- 

 selves before Wildau, near In- 

 spruck, sustained a similar defeat 

 to that of the former ; and a rein- 

 forcement of French troops which 

 came up on the 13lh did not meet 

 with a belter fate. 



As prisoners are continuallycom- 

 ing in, I am not as yet enabled to 

 ascertain the number of them with 

 precision ; but there have already 

 been brought in, and sent on their 

 way to Saltzburg, the French gene- 

 ral Bisson, several officers of the 

 staflF, from 3,000 to 4,000 men of 

 ditferent descriptions, artillery, ca- 

 valry, light infantry, &c. and like- 

 wise the Bavarian general, Kunkel, 

 col. Ditford, two lieut.-colonels, 

 two majors, about 20 officers, and 

 above 12,000 Bavarian troops. A 

 considerable number of prisoners 

 are brought in every other mo- 

 ment, who have been dispersed in 

 the different attacks. 



The report then continues to 

 speak in the highest terms of the 

 bravery displayed by the Tyrolese 

 in a variety of desultory engage- 

 ments ; in all of which the enemy 

 were routed, and their cannon, 

 baggage, &c seized by the victors. 

 On the 19th. lieut.-gen. Jellaciiich 

 advanced towards the Tyrol, across 

 the mountains of the Saltsburg ter- 



ritory, with a small detachment ; 

 but though a double march was 

 made every day, he arrived only in 

 time to admire the victory of the 

 brave Tyroleans, who, armed with 

 every sort of weapon they could 

 lay hold of, were pressing forwards 

 towards Inspruck, to encounter a 

 fresh column of the enemy which 

 was said to be approaching. The 

 march of the Austrian detachment 

 resembled a triumph ; they were 

 every where greeted by the accla- 

 mations of the people, andthesound 

 of bells mingled with discharges of 

 artillery and musketry. An inn- 

 keeper at Hall organized the insur- 

 rection of the country, and directed 

 three attacks, in which the Tyro- 

 leans lost only 26 men. Twenty 

 thousand florins of the public mo- 

 ney were seized at Imbst. The 

 Bavarian authorities have been re- 

 placed by a provisional police. 



Private letters from the French 

 head quarters of the 6th inst. an- 

 nounce, that, on that day an Aus- 

 trian officer of the staff had arrived 

 with a messenger, bearing a letter 

 written by the emperor Francis to 

 the emperor Napoleon ; in which 

 the emperor of Austria implored an 

 armistice and peace of his majesty 

 in the most humble expressions.— 

 The short time of the stay of the 

 parlementaires in the head quarters 

 of his majesty, induced an opinion 

 that the answer was unfavourable ; 

 the more so as the army continues 

 advancing. 



Articles from the American Pa- 

 pers relative to the Restora- 

 tion of Intercourse tvith Ame- 

 rica, 



Neu) York, April, 21. 

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