 Dropping off Delmas' 5,000-man division to guard his supply line, Joubert pressed forward to Klausen where he again defeated Kerpen on the 22nd.The Austrian retreated northeast to Mittenwald where he was beaten again on 28 March and pushed out of Sterzing.With the Tyrolese militia turning out in droves to fight the French invaders, Joubert was compelled to fall back to Brixen.