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 6
... retreat from the back of the house without his hat , and with the greatest difficulty escaped by the Gasteig to Passeyr . It will naturally be asked how , with these defects , Hofer could have acted the conspicuous part he did , or how ...
... retreat from the back of the house without his hat , and with the greatest difficulty escaped by the Gasteig to Passeyr . It will naturally be asked how , with these defects , Hofer could have acted the conspicuous part he did , or how ...
Side 43
... retreat of this detachment , it would be advisable to take up another position at Mulbach and Neustift , and a party must defend the Her- mitage at Mulbach . - As soon as the post at Brunecken is retaken , a strong patrole must be sent ...
... retreat of this detachment , it would be advisable to take up another position at Mulbach and Neustift , and a party must defend the Her- mitage at Mulbach . - As soon as the post at Brunecken is retaken , a strong patrole must be sent ...
Side 62
... retreat on being attacked by the enemy , as they were so superior in numbers , but not before he had taken several prisoners in the skirmish . This was the first time the Tyrolese of the South had been engaged . The sharpshooters of ...
... retreat on being attacked by the enemy , as they were so superior in numbers , but not before he had taken several prisoners in the skirmish . This was the first time the Tyrolese of the South had been engaged . The sharpshooters of ...
Side 63
... retreat was in consequence of the Archduke John's victory . Hofer dispatched letters to the officers under his command , giving them direc- tions how to proceed , and remained himself at head - quarters , where he found better cheer ...
... retreat was in consequence of the Archduke John's victory . Hofer dispatched letters to the officers under his command , giving them direc- tions how to proceed , and remained himself at head - quarters , where he found better cheer ...
Side 65
... zealous in the cause , had distin- guished himself on several occasions at the opening of affairs , F right wing , in order to cut off his retreat HISTORY OF HOFER . 65 On Rusca's advance to Trent, the inhabitants* ...
... zealous in the cause , had distin- guished himself on several occasions at the opening of affairs , F right wing , in order to cut off his retreat HISTORY OF HOFER . 65 On Rusca's advance to Trent, the inhabitants* ...
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Memoirs of the Life of Andrew Hofer: Containing an Account of the ... Joseph Freiherr von Hormayr zu Hortenburg Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1820 |
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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.