The Sun.
London, England, 1809-07-12 00:00:00

A CHALLENGE.

VIESaIS. CURRIE and Co. Surgeons, late in
IVA his Majesty's service, challenge the whole world to
prove a single instance where their medicine and method of
cure have failed of the desired died. 'The pradice of many
years in this particular branch of their profession, has not
given rise to one unsuccessful case.
They continue to (fired their studies to• the treatment and
cure of venereal complaints, and that derangement of the sys
tern, which is the consequence of the pernicious and wasteful
effects of a habit long and most unhappily pursued by tlae
youths of both sexes. 'ln the one it will be found to be the
unfailing source of barrenness; the other have its ravages ta.,
tally developed to them by a distressing state of debility,
which, if not tiniely remedied, terminates in 'impotence.
These are its remote and ultimate effects, while consump-,
tions, loss of muscular power, and various nervous complaints,
usually charaderise the earlier stages of tnis solitary vice.
Of persons languishing under the disorders incident to such a
habit, their treatment is simple, and has never proved.unsuc-
cessful in the course of a long, laborious, and much extended
praCtice. In the most obstinate and complicated cases of
tiered' infeetion, such as obstruCtions in the urethra, spongy
excrescences, hard tumors, callous ulcers, eruptions,'semi-
nal weakness, gleets, as also
STRICTURES,
Whether recent or of long duration, and whith havebaf-
fled the skill of other Praditioners, are by their present int-
prOved plan of treatment, effeetually and permanently cured,
without the Patient suffering the excruciating pain and
alarming hemorrhage which frequently follows the applica-
tion of the lunar caustic. In the course of twenty years
extensive pradice in this Metropolis, numerous cases of
StriCtures have been and are daily under their tare, the total
eradication of which are effected by a safe, certain.,' and expe-
ditious mode of pratlice, superior -to any other yet adopted.
The weakness, relaxation, and debility proceeding from this
complaint is speedily rernotPed, and the Patient restored to
sound and vigorous health. But where the debility has for
years existed,' a proper perseverance in their restorative re-
medics, after the S-triclure has been destroyed, is indispensa7,
bly requisite to revive the slumbering warts or life and to
reanimate the constitution.

Messrs. Currie and ,Co. may be consulted by either.sdir
with the greatest d;:ilicacy, secrecy, and honour, at their
hOuSe, i5i0..,107, !Litton •garden. •

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Patients in the Country are requested to state the particti.
lars of their case, age, and general habit of living,.&.c. &c.
inclosing a reinittance for advice and 'medicines, when the
satrit.war be given or sent to any part of the kingdbin: ,To
ensure that secrecy so essential to their undertaking, the
postage of letters may be added to the account for 111Ctli4.;i11(14.'
9th Ilia, garden:'

SEVILLE, JUNE B.=The Court of the Usurper
Continues its system of terror, well convinced that
it can never gain the affedions of the people. While
Joseph blends the hypocrisy-of., devotion with the-
crime of robbery in Toledo, Segovia, and . Madrid,
his abominable satellites swell. the voliime of pro-
scriptions. In the Most recent lists we find these
honourable names worthy the respect of their coun-
try--Don Philip-Gil Toboada, Don Andros Navarro
(Licentiate of St. Isidore), the Marquis of Fuerte:
Hijar, Don -'.Benito Ariar Prada, and many-others.
have been arrested. The Marchioness of Fuerte
Hijar, the CountesS of Villa-paterna, and several_:
other Ladies, have been shut up in convents and,
denied all communication with their friends.
Our army of Estremadura continues in its former'
position. The English are advancing upon Akan-,
tara, which place it was supposed they would reach
in eight days. There-is every appearance that Victor
Will retire on the other side of the Tagus. • From •
Madrid they •have sent him some pontorw,- no doubt
to facilitate his passage of that River. A detach-
ment of the army of Carolina has entered'Valde-
penas, destroying the French garrison there, which
was performing a sort of religious farce, at the time,
ii. compliment to JOseph.
The anniversary of our glorious revolution has
been celebrated in Arragon in a manner worthy of
the most brave and loyal people of Europe. '
gossa rose against the tyrant, and elevated the stan-
dard of liberty on the 24th of May in the last year;
and after so many immortal examples of patriotism
which-have filled the world with astonishment, -on
the 29th of May last, was signalized the bloody vic-
tory of Alcanit, in which 8000 French infantry, and
fine cavalry, fled before the Arragonese and Valen-
clan troops,- led on to conquest by a 'General worthy
of commanding them. From dawn of day to four
in the evening, four successive times the barbarians
renewed the attack with brutal fury, and as often
were they repulsed, leaving the plain covered with
their carcases. They ventured to approach close to
our batteries, but our -" well-served artillery made
such destrudion among them, that full of dismay
and alarm they fled before 'us, and sheltered them-
selves with the darkness of the night to conceal
their disgrace.
Since the battle of Baylen, this is -the first time
that we have been enabled to vanquish the legions
of NAPOLEON in the open field—a happy presage
of what Spain may yet perform, if it be elsewhere
as it is in Arragbe, that her forces are concluded to
battle by wisdom and fortitude. Since this memo--
rable day, the enemy has been gradually withdraw-
ing towards Saragossa. On the 26th ult. they pro-
ceeded from the distrid of Hijar to Fuentes, and our
small parties and the bold peasantry closely follow
them, seizing the stragglers and the horses; On
the 27th, Orders were given for the whole army to
move from Alcaniz the next day, and it is supposed
they marched in the diredion of Caspe. Our Go-
vernment has jilst given instrudions for several bo-
dies of •infantry and cavalry in Valencia to join the
artily in Arragon. On the arrival of these reinforce-
ments, which will,. we trust,. be very soon, we shall
have new instances of triumph and glory, and then
we shall be enabled to call their illustrious Comman-
der the Deliverer of Saragossa.

From the LONDON GAZETTE, July ii, 1809.

Whitehall, Juty 11 , 1809.
The King has been pleased to constitute and ap-
point the Right Honourable Dudley Baron Harrowby,
the Right Honourable John Jeffreys Earl Camden,
Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter; Pre-
sident of his Majesty's Council the Right Hon.
Robert Banks Earl of Liverpool, the Right Honou-
rable Henry Robert Stewart (tlmmoniy called Vis-
count Castlereagh), and the Right Hon. George
Canning, his Majesty's three Principal Secretares of
State; his Grace William Henry Cavendish, Duke
of Portland, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the
Garter, First Commissioner of His Majsty's Treasury;
the Right Honourable Spencer Perceval, Chancellor
and Under Treasurer of his Majesty's' Exchequer;
George Percy, Esq. (commonly called Lord Lovaine,).
the Right Honourable John Baron Teigumouth, the
Right HOn. Thomas Wallace, and Thomas Hamil-
ton, Eiq. (commonly called Lord Binning), to be his
Majesty's Cointnisioners for the manageMent of the
affairs of India.

twn.qffice, yuo 111 1809

MEMBER' RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT

PARLIAMENT. '
Connty of Stafford.—'l'ba Right Lloh. Granville Leveson
GoVver, commonly called Lord Granville Leveson Gower,

13/INKRUPTS.

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July ;1,:17; Aug. at Guildhall. Attorney, M. Bats.
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22, at the Star, Great Yarmouth. Attoruies, Messrs.Hau-
rot and Metcalfe, Lincoln's-inn NeW-square, London.
G. Seaborne, Hoxton, sacking-manufaaureri Idly 1g,.22,
Aug. 22, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Harding, Prim-
rosd,street, Bishopsgate.
W. Martin, floinerton, broker, lulY IS, 29, Aug. 22, at
Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Dowse, Gray's-inn-square.
J. Dodds, Aldersgate-street, goldsmith,. tuly 18, Aug.
22; at Guildhall. Attornies, MesSrs. 1-tigdai and Sytir,*
Currier's Hall, London Wall.

DwIDENDS;
August 2. W. Graveniti, Bristol, sugar-refiner:
August 5., J. S. Smith, Liverpool, shoemaker,
August 2i. W. Dunn; T.' and 13. Bentham,' and f:Bai
Chatham, bankers.
August S. T. Parsons, Marchinont-place; Russell-square,.
builder.
August s. S. Danford; Abeliurch.lane,' broker.
l'uly W Rawlings; racechurch- street, grocer.
0 et. 24. 1. Jpries, Old G ravel-lane, corn-faclor.
August r. 6. Taylor, Bristol, merchant.
August S. B. Cox, Stourbridge,' Worcestershire, dmher-
..nterchant.
my 13. S. Ethmet, Birkenshaw, Yorkshire,.carpet.manu-'
fa Curer.
Aug List 7. r. Mark and H. gall, of Market klarbbiough,'
Leicestershire, worsted manuladurers.

EViosKorlOss, &c, TO-ITIOTMW.T

'The Austrian army had' taken a position near
Chain, behind the river Regen-, which was watched
by sonie-of the enemy's divisions; while the Empe,
Tor Napoleon called all disposable troops, in, forced
marchesi from the North of Germany to thq Da-
nube,.drid considerably reinforced his army with the
troops' of Wurt&nberg, Hessia, Baden, and some
,time after with those of Saxony.
Near kill) and Nitteneau , some affairs had hap-
pened bet Ween the outposts, which, however, had
no influence upon the armies. -. .
• However easy it would have been v for the Arch.,
duke to Continue his-offensive operations on the left
bank of the bratinbe.withtmt any material resistance,
and however gratifying it might have been to. re-_
lieve provinces which were groaning beneath the
pressure of foreign dominion .; the preservation of
his native land did not permit
.him v suffer, the
enemy to riot with impunity in the entrails of the
Monarchy, to give up the rich sources of. its inde7
pendence, and expose the welfare of its subjects to
the devastations of foreign ennquerors:, ,
These motives induced the Archduke .to
,Conduct;
his army to Bohemia; by the: way of Klentsch and
Neumark, to occupy the .BOhernian Forest, with
liglit troops and part of the militia, and to direct. his,
march towards Bud weis; where he arrived on the
5d of. May; hoping to join hear, Lintz, his left wing;
which had been separated froth him, and which was,
under the command ,of Lieutenant-General Baron
Hiller.
, .

But the litter had been sa Closely pressed by the
united force of the French armies, that, after, sevel
ral spirited engagements, 'and even after 1a brilliant
'affair in which he had the advantage near Neu,:
markt, and in which the troops achieved all that
was possible against the disproportionate superiority
of the enemy, he indeed was able to teach Linz,.
but was incapable, of crossing the Danube, and
obliged to content himself with destroying the-com-
milnication with the left bank;. and taking up a po-
sition behind the Trauni near Ebersberg. This was
the• occasion of 'an extremely murderous engage-.
meat, during which the •enemy, in storming the..
bridge; lost %near four thousand men: Ebersberg
was set oet and Lieutenant-General lqiller
continued-his-retreat, till he got so much the start
as to pass the Danube, near. Stain, without beingdis,
turbed by the enemy, and to wait the approach of
the Archduke; who, after having in vain attempted,
the junction of the army near Lini, had marched
frdm B'udw-eis to 4wettel ;* 3411 hoping,-.by a quick
passage of ;the Danube; to arrest the enemy's pro-
gress towards the metropolis. • -
Meanwhile asorps of Wurtemberghers had ad-
vanced from Passau along both the shores of the Da-
nube, had, occupied Linz and
:the-bank opposite to
it had restored the bridge, and signalized itself by
destroying the defenceless villages and castles Which,'
could not be protected by the small advanced guaid
proceeding bohe side of the Main army.
The enemy, by matching through the valley of
the Danube in the straightest line; had got so much
a-head, that all hopes -of coming up with hiM it
front of Vienna vanished ;* still, however; if that
City had, been able to' hold out for-frve days,. it,might
halle been relieved; and the Archduke resolVed on,
venturing the utmost to rescue that good city;
which; by the excellent disposition of its citizens,:
the faithful attachment to.its Stiveleign, and its no-
ble devotion, has raised, to itself an eternal morra-
-rnent in the arnia!s of Austria. All his plans were
no?, directed towards gaining the bridges across the
Danube near Vienna, and endeavouring to saws.'
the Imperial residence by a combat under its very
walls. • .

Vienna, formerly an importantforfress, was in
vain besieged by the Turks, and Would, even now,,
from the solidity of its ramparts; the strong profiles
of its works,, arid the extenive system. of its mines;
be capable of ..making a protraCted resistance, had.
not, for upwards of a. century back, the luxury, of
a large
.metropOlis,- the wants of ease, the 'conflux.
of all the magnates in the empire, and the pomp of
d splendid Court,' totally effaced
,every consideration
of military defence. Palaces adorn the ramparts; the
casernates and, ditehes were converted into work-.
shops of tradesmen, plantations mark the; counter-
scarps of the fortreis, and avenues of trees traverse
the glacis; uniting the most beautiful subuits in the
world to the corps de la place....
, .
.„
Although under such circumstances no obstinate

unexampied loyalty of the inhabitants it wai
confidently hoped that Vienna might-for a few days
seve as 3 Tete de Pont to cover the passage of the,
river f whence all preparatioriamounted to no more
than to secure the place against a coup-de-main ;
and fir this reason the Archduke bad some time
betore Airectecl Field-Marshal Hiller to send part of
his corps along. the right bank towards-the
in the event of his (the Archduke's) passage to the
left shore.. •
Field-Marshal Hiller.now received orders to burn
the Bridge near Stain in his rear,. to leave -a smlll
corps of observation near Krems, to hasten by forced
march-es .wit-h the built of ,his army to the environs
of Vienna, and, as Circumstances would permit, by
occupying the small islands, to keep upthe eonitnu-,
picatiroh 'with the city and the &bundle acrOss,the

•
bridges. •
•
The army of the Archduke now -advanced, 'with-
out interruption,. by Neupolia; Horn, and Weiken-
dorf upon Stockerau ; and, in order to overawe such
enter Prizes as the enemy might project, front the en-
virons of Linz, part of .the corps of the General of
Artillery Count Kollowrafh, which till then had re-
mained near Pilsen With a view to•secure the 'North
and West Frontier of Bohetwa, was ordered to
urirch to Budweis.

Napoleon had used so much expedition, on his
atarcii that On the 9th of May his ad-
vanced If, ops appealed on the glacis of 'the_fortress,
whence ate)/ were driven by some cantionshot.
From three to tour thousand regular troops, as
runty Armed-citizens, and some battalions of court-
-try detended the city's ordnance of, va-
rioiot calibre 4as- placed upon the ramparts; the
sulrars kk' ere 'abandoned on'accuunt of their great.
extent ; and the ounterotis Islands and low bushy
ground. behind the town Were occupied by some
light troops '.of corps of Haler as well as .by
.

The corps itself was posted ,on what is termed.
". the P6intr on the left-shore of the river, 'waiting
the arrival of the .araiy, which was adVancing iii
has,e.

The occupation of Vienna formed too essential a
part in the extensive plans of the French Emperor ;
its conquest had been announced by him with too
time!) confidence, and was of too great importance
toWards'confirming the prejudice of his irresistible
power, for him not to employ every method of
takirg it before the. assistance which was so near
could arrive.

For the space of twenty-four 'hours Ole howit.
zers played, upon the town ;. and though several
houses were et on • fire,' the courage of the inhabi-
tant; remained unshaken. But a general devastation
threatened their valuable property, and when at
length the enemy; .availing himself of the numerous
craft which he found there, ecossed the smaller
'branches of the flambe., dislodged the troops from
the nearest i,lands, and menaced their cotnntuni-
cation- with the Jolt .b.ink, the city was jUstitied in
capitulaithg, whiie the troops tetreated by
.the
great bride ut Tabor, which they afterwards, set on
fire. , •

The,Archduke received this intelligence in his
head.qualtels, beßtecn Horn and Aleissau, and
though i; was scaxely to be expected that the city,
surruun,:ed as it was, sht,uict continue its resistance,
the Archdokeproceecivd-on I“is march without inter-
ruption, liatteriog that he might tie able to
execute It s tavoarte prOjt.Cl 'by a bold atlempt to
pass the atilutte,neilr Vienna.

ltusi city. capitula(egi ,n,the I.3th of. May, so that
there was no Waller occasion to expose the army to
hazard by crussiitg the Danune,•tor which no suffi-
cient preparation had heen made, and which _must
have bcenlt-tfe'cfcd in the Lace ot the enemy, and
under 10c:1 circiiiii,taiic,es of the greatest.disadvan-
tage. By the surrender ot Vienna, the army had
also lost a p.,,int of tiktpport on which to rest its
tarn operati,,ns.

. In this - situation of affairs the Archduke re-
solved to collect Ins army at 'the foot ,of • the- hill.
Bisarnberg, and. allow it a few days of rep,. which,
after so many forced matches, it urgently wanted.-,--
The ,cavalry, tor the • cunvenience of water, was
posted along the Russ, a small rivulet, which is con-
cealed by round covered with bushes, aid the ad-
vtnced guards pushed forward to tle Danube, in
order to observe. the movements, of the enemy, and
prevent-. his passing the river, which he had already
attempted to-do from Nufsdorf, to what is called the
Black Lacke, but with so-little success, that a batta-
lion .of his advanced gnard was taken.
1. he chain 'of the outposts extended on the left
side as tar as the -March, and on the right to Krems ;
tilts place and Presburg
,were occupied by some bat-
talioti,; and the head-quartersofthe Archduke were,
on the i6th of May, at Ebersdorf, near the high
road leading to Braun.
On the i oth the outposts reported, that the
enemy had taken possession of the Great .Island of
*Lobat, within about six. English miles of Vienna ;
that his numbers irrt.reased there every hour, and
that ,he seemed to be employed in throwing a bridge
across the great arm of the Danube behind the
Island. From the tt.p ofithe..Bisamberg, the whole •
of the opposite o,untry appeared to be enveloped-
in a cloud of du.a, -and the glitter of ,arms
ed a general movement of the troops beyond
Summering, toward Kaiser-Ebersderf, whither, ac-.
com=ing to the • later accomits,:.the Emperor Na-
poeoti had removed his - head quarters, :and was by
its presence hastening, and promoting the prepara-
tioiis ior passing the river.

Uu ,the foifo, lug: wornitig at day-break, the
Akhduke resolved to reconnoitre the. Island, and
.etußloy tor.t.his purpose part of.the.advanced guard,
ut.c:er the command of Field-Alarshal-Lieuienant
C,,aut..Kienau,. supported by slime regiments .of
cavatry.,_

The Isle of Lobau forms a convenient place of
arms, which is about six English miles long, and.
tout and a half. broad, and being separated by the.
large arm of the Dpriube from the right bank, no-
thing preVents the building of a bridge, which is
concealed by ground covered ,with bushes; and the.
great extent of the Island affords the advantage of
sending troops and ordnance from so many points.
01 a, that the pas:sage.aeross the smaller arm to the
large plain Of iVlArclifield, may be made good by force
of

It V.di was soon perceived by the strength of, the
.ininy's columns which advanced upon the island,
4n 1 ~laced theii cannon so as ,to support the second
paaBr, thAt he meditated a serious attack.
,The

tent, and the cavalry routed the first divi,iun of the
enemy; which debouched from the low grounds otr
the edge of the river, late in the evening ; upon which
the Archduke, whose intention was out to pie_
vent the paswge of the enemy, but to attack him
the following day, retreated „with his cavalry to
Anderklaa, and ordered the advanced troops to Wt.
b ick to Mass, according as-the enemy should-extend-
himself. • -

• On-the 21st at day-break the Archduke ordered
hisaruly under arms, and formed it •in two lines on
Use rising ground behind Gerasdorl, and between
the ,Bisam-hill and the. rivulet Russ. The corps.of
Lieutenant-General Hiller formed. the right wing,
near Starnmersdorf on its:lett was thedcorps of the
General. of CaV.alry Count Beilegarde,. and melit to
that the corps of Lieutenant-General Prince Hohen.,
zollern, in the allignernent Deutsch-Wagram. The
corps of Prince Rosenberg was;posted by battalions. in
coluan on the Rusbach on the. rivulet Russ, kept
Deutsch-Wagram strongly occupied; having, for
the security of the left wing, placed on the heights
beyond that place a division en reserve..
The whole cavalry,- which the day before had
advanced under thepurimand of Prince Lichtenstein
by Anderklaa, was called back into the line, filling,
in two lines, the space intervening between the lett
wing of Prince Hohenzollern and the right of
Prince Rosenberg.
The vast Plain of lgarchfield, spread like a carpet
bcfore the front of
.the line, and appeared, by the.
absence of every obstruction, to be destined to form
the theatre of some great event. The grenachels.re•
mained in reserve near,Seiering, and the corps of the
General of Artillery Prince of Reuss kept the Bi,ain-
hill, arid the low bushy ground along the Danube
strongly occupied. Part of it was still left near Krems,
the corps being almost broke .up by having so many
of its divisions detached to so considerable a distance..

At nine o'clock, the Archduke ordered the arms
to be piled, and the .trout. sto dine. The piquet of
observation on the Bisam-hill reported that the
bridge across the Danube behind the. Isle of Lobau,
being now quite finished, was plainly perceivable,
and that troops were without intermission seen tiling
off dyer it, as well as passing in boats, to the Isle.—
The outposts, likewise, gave information, of the
gradual augmentation of the enemy in
.the town of
Enzerdorf and in the villages- of Essling and Aspern,
and of his advancing towards, Hirschstetten.

The Archduke Charles now •thought that the
moment for giving. battle had arrived„ and hastened
to Gerasdorf, where the chief of his Quarter-waster -
General's Staff, General Baron, Wimpsen sketched
out the following plan. . .

Plan of attack upon the hostile army on its march between

Eilingana Aspern, and tnwaids Hirschstetten.

" The attack to be made in five columns. The
first column, c r the column of the right wing, is
formed by the corps of - Lieutenant-General Hiller.
It will aoVance from its present position in the &rec..:
tion -between the " Point" and Leopoldau along the
neatest arms of the Danube, pAss_ along the left
bank towards Stadelau and .Asperu, keep-constantly
near the Danube and. the_ meadows bordering upon
it, and is vigorously to ,repulse Ine enemy, who Most
likely will meet it on the same road, and to 'drive him
trout the lett bank. Tni,sc column Must not suffer its
pogress to be impeded by the batteries which
the enemy perhaps may have ere&ed on the Islands,i
but must tndeavuur to silence - them -by its caution,-
and snnitedly coarinum-to auvance. •

"The., second .column consists of the corps of
he General, of 'cay.airy-Count Bellegarde ; leaving
Gerasdorf :to the left, it will. march towards Leo-
poidau, endeavour to join the first coluinn on the
right, advance upon. Kagra,l, and then, conjointir
with the third column, upon the left push for-
ward; towards .thrschstetten.

" The third columu'is composed of the corps of
Lieutenant-General—Prince- -Holien-zollern. it
march by Sussenbrunn to Breitenlee, and. from
thence towards Aspen), and will endeavour, to join-
on iis right the second column,. and on its left the
fourth.

" The forth Column under the command of Lieu-
tenam-General Prince Rosenberg, ,is made up of that
part of his corps which is posted on the right bank of
the 'rivulet. Russ : it is to advance, by.Anderklaa and
Raschdort, towards Essling.
" The fifth column is formed by that part of
Prince Rosenberg's corps, which stands between
Deutsch-Wagratn and Beaumersdorf. It will .cross
the Russ near Beaumersdorf, leave Raschderf and
Bischdorf to the right,. endeavour to pass to the left
round the town of Enzersdorf; and secure its left
flank by the Archduke Ferdinand'4 regiment of
Hussars.

" The cavalry-reserve' under the command of Ge-
neral Prince Lichtenstein, to march by the. way of
Anderklaa, without coming in contact With the:
fourth column, between Raschdorf and Breitenlee,
and straight to the New Inn, ket-ping continually at
such a distance between the heads of the third and,
fourth columns, as in ease of necessitx to be.near at
hand for the purpose of repelling the main body of
. .
the enemy's cavalry.
"The grenadier corps of reserve to march from
Seiering into the position which the corps-of Belle-
garde has taken up behind Uerasdorf.

" All the columns and corps will march at twelve
o'clock at noon. Their second lines to follow them
at a suitable distance. Every column to form its,
own advanced guard. The order of march, and the
distribution of the field pieces to be lett to, the judg-
ment of the commanders of the respective corps.—
The whole will march by half divisions. Lieu-
tenant-General Klenau to form the advanced guard
of the fourth and fifth columns, arwl, before he ad-
VAOCC3, to suffer the heads of these columns to come.
quite up to him; in order that he may have at hand a
sufficient support of infantry. -
" Of the corps of cavalry, the brigade under the
command of Veesey to be attached to the second co-
lumn, and the regiment O'Reilly to the third ; and
both brigades are to repair immediately, the former
to Gerasdorf, and the latter to Sussenbrunn.
" The principal objet in view is to drive back the
enemy entirely over the first arms of the 'Danube,
destroy the bridges he has thrown over them, and
occupy the bank of the Lobau with a numerous ar7
tillery, especially howitzers.
"The infantry will form on the Plain in batta-
lions, with half divisions from the centre.
" His Imperial Highness the. General in Chief re-
commends order, closeness during the actvance, and.

will. be wit !xl he second colunin.
Gerasdorf, May 21., 1809."
The ist column consisted of 19 Battalions, 22 Squadrons.
20 - 16
3d . IS
4th --
h 16 -
The corps of cavalry 78
Thy- curps..ol_ 16

Total

103, Battalions 143 Squadrons,

All which amounted to 75,000 men effective troops.
", Of artillery, there were eighteen batterieS of bri-
gade, thirteen of position, and ele% en of horse artil.
lery ; in. the aggregate two hundred and eigb ty-
eig hj of different calibres.
The enemy had availed himself extremely well
of the advatrages of the ground to cover his pas-
sage. The extensive villages of- Essling and As'-
pern, mostly composed of brick houses, and encir-
cled all round by heaps of earth, resembled two
bastions, between which kdouble line of natural
trenches, intended to .draw off the water, served as.
the curtain, and afforded every -poSiible security to
the columns passing from the Isle of Lobau. Ess-
ling had a granary furnished with loop-holes, ,and
whose three stories afforded room for several him,

red, men, while Aspen) was provided with a strong
church-yard. ' The left side Of the latter village
borders on an arm of the Danube. Both villages
had a safe communication with the bushy ground
near the Danube, trom which the enemy had
it constantly in his power to dispatch, unseen,
fresh reinforcements. The Isle of Lobau .served
at once as a plaCe of arms, and as a tete dttpont,
a bridge-head for the bridge, in the rear across the
main arm of the river.

The enemy with the divisions Of Genefals Mo-
litor, Boudet, Nansoutyi- Legrand, 'Espagnaf La-
salle, and Ferrand,•utider the Marshals Massena and
Lasties,- as well as Marshal Bcssieres, together will-i-
-t-he Guards of (he Wurternberg, • Hesse-Darmstadt,
and 13daden had already left' this posi-
tion, and was directing his. march towards Hirsch-
stetten, when the fist Austrian advanced guards met
him.

Wit be at all permitted in. war, to indulge favour-
able preseroitnei.ts•, it was certainly excu-a;ie so to,
do at thatgteat moment,. hen, on the 21st of nv,_
exattt) at Twelveo'ci.q.k, the. columns began to put
themselves in motion for the attack. A general
enthusiasm had tailt:ll possession— of the troops :
joyful war-songs, accompa:iied•by lc is h music,
resounded through the air, and were interrupted_ by.'
shouts of " Long- Liv,e our Emperor ! Long live the
Archduke Charles-I" whenever the Imperial Gene- •
ral apPeired, who had placed himself at the head of
the second coluMn.:. Every-breast panted with anx-
ious desire and high contideace ,after the decisive
moment and the finest weather favoured the awftil
scene.

BATTLE OF TnE 2I ST OF MAY.

FTRaT COLUMN.

The advanced guard under General Nordman,
consisting of two battalions of Gyulay and Lichten-
stein Hussars, had formed near the destruyed bridge
of Tabor; And leaving the villoges of Kagran. and
Hirsebstetten to the left;' and Stadlau to the right,
matched in the plain towards Asper n.
It Was-followed by the column, which having left
the high road before the post-otce at StanamerN-,,
dorf, had marched from the right ,by halt divisions.
Its right Hank along the Danube was covered by
battalion of St. Georgian's, by the first battalion of
Vienna Volunteers, and ,by..a battalion of Militia,
under the. command .of Major -Count Col loved°.
Within•a. cannon-shot of Stadelau.: the out-pOsts,
met the enemy's piquets, gradually retreated
to their original divisions.

Atahis time_Genetal Nordman ordered two bat-
talions of Gyulay to draw up en ,Echellon, in order
to favour the advance of the column. The enemy,
drawn up in large divisions, stood immediately be-
fore Aspern, having, to cover his front, occupied all
the ditches of the fields, which afforded excellent
breast works. His right was covered by a battery,
and his left by
,a broad and deep ditch. (one of those
that.carry off the waters of the Danube when it over-
flows); as well as by a bushy ground, which was
likewise occupied by several.bodies in close order.
-Though the enemy had the advantage of position
all to himself, inasmuch as-the freShes of the Da-
nubewere only passable by means of a small bridge,
at which he kept up avigorous,fire from behind the
ditches both. with cannon, and, small-arms, it did not
prevent the second battalion of Gyulay, immediately
after the first had penetrated as far as the bushy
meadows, to pass the bridge in a column, to form
without delay., and with charged bayonets to attack
the enemy,. who preuipitately retreated to Aspern,
on which occasion that village, after a vigorous but
not very obstinate resistance, was taken for the first
time. It was, however, net long before the enemy
had it in his power, by the 'arrival of a
,fresh rein-
forcement, to expel again the battalions of Giulay.
By this time some battalions of the column had ar-
rived, the ghasseurs of Major Schneider, of the-se-
Bond column, joined the advanced guard of the first;
Gyulay formed again, and the enemy was a second
time pushed to the lower end of the Village, though
he suCceede&agaiti,in regaining what he had lost.
Both parties were aware of the necessity of main-
taining • themselves in Aspern at any rate, which
produced successively the most obsiini4te eff .rts
both of attack and delotice;. the 'parties engaged
each other in every street, in every house, and in
every barn ; carts, I),loughs, arid hairrows, were
obliged Ito be removed during an uninterrupted fire,
in Order- ni get at the enemy ; ..every individual wall
was an impediment of 'the assailants, and a rampart
of the attacked ; the steeple; lofty-trees, the garrets
and the cellars were to be conquered before either of
the parties could stile itself master of the place, and
yet the possession was ever of short duration; for
no sooner had we taken a street or,a house, than the
enemy gained another, forcing .us to abandon the,
former. So this 'murderous conflid lasted for se-
veral hours; the German battalions were supported
by Hungarians, who were again assisted by the
Vienna volunteers, each rivalling the other in courage
and perseverance. At the same, time the second
column Combined its attacks with these of the first,
having to overcome the same resistance,• by reason
of the enemy's contantly leading fresh reinforce-
ments into tire. At length General Vacquant of
the second column succeeded in becoming master
of the upper parr of the village, and maintaining
himself there daring the whole of the night.

DI the 411 e Of
DOM parties trniny iniuses
been set on tire, and illuminated
,the whole

try around.

At the extremity of the right wing on the bushy
meadow the comb.ns were not
,less severe. The
lett bank of the enemy was secured by an arm of
the Danube ; impenetrable underwood, intersected
only by, footpaths, covered his front ; and a broad
ditch a-nd palisadOes atiOrded him the advantage of
a natural rampart.
' Here fought -at the beginning of the battle the
first battalion of Gyulay under Colonel Mariassy ;
' then the battalion of cliasseurs under Major Sch-
neider; next the, St. Georgians under Major
ballot ich, awl finally, the two battalions of Vienna
VolUnteers under Lieutenant-Colonel Steigentesch
and St. Quentin. Here, also, the enemy was de'-,
feated ; and the first day of thin saoguinary engage
went terminated by the occupation of Aspern by
General Vacquant, at the bead of eight battalions
of the second column, while Lieutenant-Fiefd-Mar-
thal- Hiller drew the 'troops of his corps from the
Placed them agaih- is order cf battle, and
pasSe'd the night Under arms.