Eureka Reporter | 1909-10-08 | Page 12 | What Austria Celebrates Section

what a celebrates every nation in the civilized world apparently can find in the record ol 01 1809 something to centenni alize this year even austria which in 1809 underwent terrible humiliation at the hands of napoleon is no exception for if its regular armies were defeat ed its irregular patriots the tyrolese under andreas hofer won such vie tones tories over the franco Dav bavarians arians that it was only diplomacy that ruined them the tyrolese who had in 1805 been made Dav bavarians arians against their will endeavored on the renewal of the war between france and austria four vears later to rejoin their coun try to austria even after austria had been compelled to yield they kept on fighting under the leadership of 0 hofer and his associates who had had no other experience in war than what fell to their lot as militia officers they inflicted crushing defeats on french marshals and were finally overcome overcame oi 01 ly by force of numbers hofer who was captured was shot by napoleon s order alter atter a perfunctory trial his Is name is still great in tyrolese song and stoby and history justifies its greatness the events of 1809 are be ing commemorated at Innes bruck this we week ek in the presence of franz joseph