The Enquirer

THE TYROLESE.
The following particulars of Lefebvre's expedition against the Tyrol, in August last, have been transmitted to us by a correspondent, to whom they were communicated by a Saxon major, who escaped from the destruction of those terrible days.
"We had penetrated to Innspruck without great resistance; and altho' much was everywhere talked of the Tyrolese stationed upon and round the Brenner, we gave little credit to it, thinking the rebels to have been dispersed by a short cannonade, and already considering ourselves as conquerors. Our entrance into the passes of the Brenner was only opposed by the small corps, which continued falling back, after an obstinate tho' short resistance. Among others, I perceived a man full 30 years old, posted against the side of a rock, and sending death amongst our ranks with every shot. Upon the Bavarians descending from behind to take him prisoner, he shouted aloud, hurrah! struck the first man to the ground with a ball, seized hold of the second, and with ejaculation, in God's name! precipitated himself with him into the abyss below.
Marching onwards, we heard resound from the summit of a high rock: Stephen! shall I chop it off yet! to which a loud nay! reverberated from the opposite side. This was told to the Duke of Dantzic, who notwithstanding ordered us to advance; at the same time he prudently withdrew from the centre to the rear. The van, consisting of 400 Bavarians, had just stormed a deep ravine, when we again heard halloo'd over our heads, Hans! for the Holy Trinity! Our terror was complete by the reply that immediately followed: In the name of the Holy Trinity!—Cut all loose above! and ere a minute had elapsed, were thousands of my comrades in arms crushed, buried, and overwhelmed, by an incredible heap of broken rocks, stones and trees, hurled down upon us. All of us were petrified. Every one fled that could; but a shower of balls from the Tyrolese, who now rushed from the surrounding mountains, in immense numbers, and among them boys and girls of ten and twelve years of age, killed or wounded a great many of us. It was not till we had got these fatal mountains six leagues behind us that we were assembled by the duke, and formed into six columns. Soon after the Tyrolese appeared, headed by Hofer, the innkeeper. After a short address from him, they gave a general fire, flung their rifles aside, and rushed upon our bayonets with their clinched fists. Nothing could stand their impetuosity. They darted at our feet, threw or pulled us down, strangled us, wrenched the arms from our hands, and like enraged lions killed all—French, Bavarians, and Saxons, that did not cry for quarters! by doing so, I, with 300 men, was spared, and set at liberty.
When all lay dead around, and the victory was completed, the Tyrolese, as if moved by one impulse, fell upon their knees and poured forth the emotions of their hearts in prayer, under the canopy of Heaven: a scene so awfully solemn, that it will ever be present to remembrance. I joined in the devotion, and never in my life did I pray more fervently."