Tyrol was denuded of Franco-Bavarian troops, so that the peasants, under the lead of the brave innkeeper, Hofer, were able to organize a systematic defence.
And a French army which had finally beaten the Austrians in Venetia, now began to drive them back into Hungary.

In Poland the white-coats were held in check, and the Franco-Russian compact deterred Frederick William from making any move against France such as Prussian patriots ardently counselled.
To have done so would have been madness, unless England sent powerful aid on the side of Hanover; and that aid was not forthcoming.

Yet the patriotic ardour of the Germans led to two daring efforts against the French.

Schill, with a Prussian cavalry regiment, sought to seize Magdeburg, and failing there moved north in hopes of British help.

His adventurous ride was ended by Napoleon's Dutch and North German troops, who closed in on him at Stralsund, and, on May 31st, cut to pieces his brave troop.