four in the morning
The Tyrolese consisted of eighteen thousand men , three hundred of whom were Austrian soldiers who had refused to follow their officers , and remained to share the fate of the inhabitants . They were tolerably supplied with ammunition , but had little provisions , in consequence of which several hundred peasants had already gone back to their homes . Joseph Speckbacher commanded the right wing , whose line extended from the heights of Passberg to the bridges of Hall and Volders ; Hofer was with the centre , and had his headquarters at the inn of Spade , on the Schoenberg ; Haspinger directed the left , and advanced by Mutters . At four in the morning , the brave Capuchin roused Hofer from sleep , and , having first united with him in fervent prayer , hurried out to communicate his orders to the outposts . The battle commenced at six , and continued without intermission till midnight , the Bavarians constantly endeavoring to drive the Tyrolese from their position on Mount Isel , and they , in their turn , to force the enemy back into the town of Innspruck . For a long time the contest was undecided , the superior discipline and admirable artillery of the enemy prevailing over the impetuous but disorderly assaults and deadly aim of the mountaineers ; but toward nightfall the bridge of the Sill was carried after a desperate struggle , and their left flank being thus turned , the French and Bavarians gave way on all sides , and were pursued with great slaughter into the city . They lost six thousand men , of whom seventeen hundred wounded fell into the hands of the Tyrolese , while on the side of the latter not more than nine hundred had fallen .