History of Tyrol were highly mobile and made use of artificial avalanches to combat their enemies. Following the defeat of the Austrian Army on the Bavarian front, Napoleon dispatched Charles Lefebvre to Tyrol, and by May 19 Innsbruck had been seized again and the rebellion seemed quelled. After Archduke Karl’s Austrian army was defeated by Napoleon at the Battle of Wagram, the Armistice of Znaim was signed. Point IV of the agreement stated that Austria was to withdraw its troops from the territories of Vorarlberg and Tyrol, returning them to Bavarian rule. But the Bavarians and the French found it difficult to gain
Au, Vorarlberg Au, Vorarlberg Au is a town in the Bregenz Forest in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg, part of the district of Bregenz. The town belongs to the Bregenz Forest, more exactly to the "Hintere Bregenzerwald". Forty percent of its 45 km² area is covered with forest, 34.4% of the area is used as alpine pasture ("Almwirtschaft") and for other forms of alpine agriculture. The town itself is unlike others in the area, as it has no real centre. It consists of several districts, which are (in no particular order): Argenau, Wieden, Lugen, Lebernau, Rehmen, Schrecken, Kreuzgasse, Jaghausen, Am Stein, Argenstein,