Memoirs of the Life of Andrew Hofer; Containing an Account of the Transactions in the Tyrol During the Year 1809Joseph Hormayr (Baron von Hortenburg.), Joseph Freiherr von Hormayr zu Hortenburg, Charles Henry Hall J. Murray, 1820 - 198 sider |
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Side xi
... hands of the Goths , and afterwards became successively the property of the Lombards , the Franks , the Ba- varians , and Austrians . The whole country is divided into ten dis- tricts , and its population , including the bishop- ricks ...
... hands of the Goths , and afterwards became successively the property of the Lombards , the Franks , the Ba- varians , and Austrians . The whole country is divided into ten dis- tricts , and its population , including the bishop- ricks ...
Side 5
... his character , he has been described leading his troops with a rosary in one hand , and a bottle in the other . He had a great antipathy to night watching , and B 3 HISTORY OF HOFER . 5 an allusion to the old times of the Tyrol-...
... his character , he has been described leading his troops with a rosary in one hand , and a bottle in the other . He had a great antipathy to night watching , and B 3 HISTORY OF HOFER . 5 an allusion to the old times of the Tyrol-...
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... hand . The beloved Emperor Francis , who has been for a time separated from you , is again given to you , and calls upon you to arm in the most holy cause - a cause which has deprived him of his best possessions , and which has ...
... hand . The beloved Emperor Francis , who has been for a time separated from you , is again given to you , and calls upon you to arm in the most holy cause - a cause which has deprived him of his best possessions , and which has ...
Side 15
... hands upon your hearts , and say , is it not a holy cause for which we exhort you to rouse yourselves ? Is it not the cause of faith - the cause of liberty ? Even Buonaparte himself knows your power and spirit ; even he ( who keeps the ...
... hands upon your hearts , and say , is it not a holy cause for which we exhort you to rouse yourselves ? Is it not the cause of faith - the cause of liberty ? Even Buonaparte himself knows your power and spirit ; even he ( who keeps the ...
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... hand to receive you with open arms , and to bring you in a few days back to your homes . Take care that you are prepared , as the Austrians are within your frontiers - but be cautious and let not idle reports deceive you . Brave not ...
... hand to receive you with open arms , and to bring you in a few days back to your homes . Take care that you are prepared , as the Austrians are within your frontiers - but be cautious and let not idle reports deceive you . Brave not ...
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abandoned advanced guard ammunition amongst ancient ANDREW HOFER appeared Archduke John ardour arms army assistance attack Austria Austrian troops Baraguay d'Hilliers Baron Hormayr Baron Taxis battalions battle Bavarians Beauharnois Bisson Botzen brave Brenner bridge Brixen Brunecken Buol Buonaparte Captain Carinthia carried cause Chasseurs Chastelar chiefs Clagenfurt Colonel Ertel command conduct consequence countrymen courage defend deputies Deroy deserted dispatched Dittfurt Eisenstecken Emperor enemy fire Fleims force French greatest Haspinger hastened head heights honour Hormayr horse immediately inhabitants Innspruck Innthal insurgents insurrection Isel join killed Kufstein landsturm Leiningen liberty Lienz Lieutenant Colonel loss Majesty ment Meran mountains native country numbers pass patriots peace peasantry peasants possession prisoners proclamation Pusterthal R. B. SHERIDAN Rattenberg received remained retreat Rusca Salzburg Scharnitz Schlanders Schmidt Schwaz sharpshooters soon Speckbacher Sterzing success surrender Teimer tion took town Trent Tyrol Tyroleans Tyrolese valley of Passeyr victory Villach Vorarlberg whole Wiltau Wörgl wounded Wrede
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Side 176 - Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation.
Side 5 - ... old times of the Tyrol ; an enthusiastic word in favour of the emperor, or the house of Austria ; were appeals which had too powerful an effect on the feelings of Hofer ; and he who, according to the testimony of those who attended him, conducted himself in his last moments as "un eroe Christiano e martire intrepido," was for some time bathed in tears, and unable to utter a word.
Side xxiii - our terror was completed by the reply that immediately followed — •' In the name of the Holy Trinity ! cut all loose above...
Side 192 - Regiment, was appointed to the command of 1600 men to take him prisoner. Besides this force, which appears enormous when we consider that it was intended merely for the capture of one unfortunate man, who, situated as he was, could not hope to...
Side 55 - a person named Chastellar, stiling himself a general in the service of Austria, the mover of the insurrection in the Tyrol, charged with being the author of the massacres committed on the Bavarian and French prisoners by the insurgents, should, upon being made prisoner, be carried immediately before a military commission, and if judged guilty, be shot within four-and- twenty hours.
Side xxii - Our entrance into the passes of the Brenner was only opposed by small corps, which continued falling back, after an obstinate though short resistance. Among others, I perceived a man full eighty years of age, posted against the side of a rock, and sending death amongst our 'ranks with every shot.
Side 185 - ... resist." But, in a few days after, finding that the inhabitants of his beloved valleys were still in arms, and that further resistance was resolved on, he issued another proclamation, in which he ascribed his former intention to the advice of evil counsellors, and called on the people "still to combat in defence of your native country. I shall fight with you, and for you, as a father for his children.