The story of Andreas Hofer the Sandwirth, Page 841883 - Tyrol (Austria) |
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... of him by his master , Napoleon ; eight new and heavy taxes were levied , and the conscription or compulsory enlistment of soldiers was forced upon the people whose militia had ever been ready in the service of their ' LAND TYROL 13.
... of him by his master , Napoleon ; eight new and heavy taxes were levied , and the conscription or compulsory enlistment of soldiers was forced upon the people whose militia had ever been ready in the service of their ' LAND TYROL 13.
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... forced to yield to the peasants . They poured down upon the town like a torrent , and after desperate fighting in the streets , obtained complete possession . Colonel Diet- furt was struck three times before he fell , and had to yield ...
... forced to yield to the peasants . They poured down upon the town like a torrent , and after desperate fighting in the streets , obtained complete possession . Colonel Diet- furt was struck three times before he fell , and had to yield ...
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... forced to entrench themselves as best they might in the village of Oberau , and await in fear and anxiety the arrival of Rouyer with the main body ; but Rouyer never came . Still expecting to come up with the enemy , he had marched down ...
... forced to entrench themselves as best they might in the village of Oberau , and await in fear and anxiety the arrival of Rouyer with the main body ; but Rouyer never came . Still expecting to come up with the enemy , he had marched down ...
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... forced to surrender , but putting horses to his carriage , he quitted Innsbruck in hot haste , taking with him two prisoners too valuable to be left behind - the Count of Sarntheim , and the widowed Baroness von Sternbach . Another ...
... forced to surrender , but putting horses to his carriage , he quitted Innsbruck in hot haste , taking with him two prisoners too valuable to be left behind - the Count of Sarntheim , and the widowed Baroness von Sternbach . Another ...
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... forced to surrender . And then it was shown who they were that had come to the rescue . They were the wives of the fugitives , who , while weeping in their village church , and lamenting the probable fate of their husbands , had been ...
... forced to surrender . And then it was shown who they were that had come to the rescue . They were the wives of the fugitives , who , while weeping in their village church , and lamenting the probable fate of their husbands , had been ...
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