nce into Germany for the support of Napoleon. In
Italy, in like manner, the Archduke John had at first been successful.
But after defeating Eugene Beauharnois, Napoleon's viceroy, and taking
possession of Padua and Vicenza, this prince also was summoned to
retrace his steps, in consequence of the catastrophe at Eckmuhl. Eugene
pursued him into Hungary, and defeated him in a great battle at Raab.
Colonel Schill, the Prussian partisan already mentioned, had availed
himself of the concentration of Napoleon's troops for the Austrian
campaign, to take up arms, though without any authority from his
sovereign, in the hope that the national resentment would burst out in
an universal insurrection; and the Duke of Brunswick, son to him who was
mortally wounded at Jena, had also appeared in Lusatia, and invited all
true Germans to imitate the heroic conduct of the Spaniards. These
occurrences threatened a general burst of war wherever the _Tugend-bund_
and other patriotic associations had for some time been strongly
influencing the popular mind. The battle of Eckmuhl, however, diffused
new awe all over the north of Germany. The troops of Saxony checked the
Duke of Brunswick's progress, and Schill's heroic band were at last shut
up in Stralsund, where their leader perished in a sortie; thus, and only
thus, escaping the vengeance of Napoleon.

Among the mountains of the Tyrol, the native zeal of a few hardy
peasants achieved more than all the mighty population of Germany. This
ancient province of the house of Austria had been, in sinful violation
of all the rights of mankind, transferred to the hated yoke of Bavaria,
by the treaty of Presburg. The mountaineers no sooner heard that their
rightful sovereign was once more in arms against Napoleon, than they
rose (early in April), under the guidance of Hofer, a gallant peasant,
seized the strong passes of their country, and, in the course of four
days, made every French and Bavarian soldier quartered among them a
prisoner,--with the exception of the garrison of the fortress of
Kufstein. Napoleon caused Lefebre to march into the country with his
division; but Hofer posted his followers on the edge of precipices, from
which they fired on the French columns with the skill of practised
marksmen, and rolled down torrents of stones with such effect, that
Lefebre was compelled to retreat. Austria, however, having enough of
work at home, could not afford to sustain the efforts of these heroic
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