Show what austria celebrates every nation in the civilized world apparently can find in the record ot 1809 something to this year even austria which in 1809 underwent terrible humiliation at the hands of napoleon Is no exception for it its regular armies were defeat ed its irregular patriots the tyrolese under andreas won such vie over the franco bavarians that it was only diplomacy that ruined them the tyrolese who had in 1800 been made against their will endeavored oh the renewal of the war between france and austria four years later to rejoin their coun try to austria even after austria had been compelled to yield they hept on fighting under the leadership ot and bis associates who bad had no other experience in war than whal fell to their lot as militia officers they inflicted crushing defeats on french marshals and were finally overcome only by force of numbers Hofer who was captured was shot by napoleon s order after a perfunctory trial his name is still great in tyrolese song and story and history justifies its greatness the events of are being commemorated at Innes brucic this week in the presence of franz joseph |