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buds- ahebridge near Studs, in his netr, 'to- fee!, * ,the 'toe*, of; tit tot -Gofer* Peinen.. klallentlie-
small Corp: of' Observation. near Krems,: t# . Urn, in the AlligneiSent of DetnasheWagtatiot;
by foetid marches with the bulk, of his ,ittity corps of Prince Rosenberg was posted by, beatalicins.
to the environs of Vienna, and, as circumstances !in column on the Rushee ten the rivulet Russ, kept;
would permit, by occupying the =all islands, toteep ':Deutsch-Wagram stronglreccupied, having, for the .
kip the communication with the city and the debou- : security of the left wing, placed 'on theleights-be-
chi across the bridges. . 1 pond that place a. divisioe en reserve. The whole
The army of the Archduke now advanced with- I cavalry, which the day before had.advanced under
out interruption by Neupolla, Horn, and Weiken- ; the command of Prince Lichtenstein by Anderklaa;
dorf upon Stockerau ; and in order to overawe such , was called back into the, line, filling, in two lines, the
enterprizes as the enemy might project from the en- space intervening between the left wing of Prince li_ o-
virons of Lintz, part of the corps of the General of henzollern and the right of• Prince Rosenberg.
Artillery, Count Kollowrads, which till then had re-1 The vast plain sof the Marchfield spread like a or-
mained near Pilsen, with a view to secure the north pet before the front of the line, and appeared, by
and west frontier of Bohemia, was ordered to march the absence of every. obstruction, to be destinedto
' to Budweis. • I form the theatre of some great event. The grenadiers
• Napoleon had used so much expedition on his :-remained in reserve near iieiering, and the corps of
march to Vienna, that on the 9th of May his advan- the General of Artillery, Wince of Reuss kept the
ced troops 'appeared on the &cis of the fortress, Bisam-hill, and the
-low buihy ground along the Da-
whence they were driven by some cannon shot.— nube strongly occupied. Part of it wits still left near
From three to four thousand regular troops, as many Krems, the •corpiebeini almost broke up by having
armed citizens; and some battalions of country mili- so many of its divisions detached to so considerable a
tia defended the city ; ordnance of various calibre distance.
were placed upon -the ramparts ; the suburbs were ' At nine o'clock, the Archduke ordered the arms to
abandoned on account of their great extent ; and the be piled, and the troops to dine. The piquet of ob-
numerous islands and low bushy ground behind the servatlon on the Bisata.hill reported that the bridge
town were occupied by some light troops of the corps across the Danube behind the Isle of Lobau, being
of Hiller, as well as by militia. • now quite finiihed, was plainly perceivable,, and that
The corps itself was posted on what ii termed troops weraevithout intermission seen (dints off-over
" the point," on the left share of the river, waiting it, as well as passing
.in boats, to the isle. -The out-
the art ival f the army, which was advancing in haste. posts, likewise, gave information of the gradual aug-
The occupation of Vienna formed too essential a menta,tion of the enemy in the town of Eisaersdurf and
part in the extensive plans of the French Emperor ; . in the villages of Essling and Aspern, and of his ad-
its conquest had been announced by him with too vaneing towards Hirschstetten.
much confidence, and was of too great iniportance • The Archduke Charles now thought that the ino-
towards confirming the prejudice of his irresistible ment for giving battle had arrived, and hastened to
power, for him not to employ every method of tak. Gerasdorf;where the chief of his Quartermaster-Ge-
ing it before the assistance which was so near could , neral's Staff, General Damn. Vs'impfen, sketched out
arrive. 1 the following plan : . -
For the space of 24 hours the howitzers played ! Plan of Attack' upon the hostile Army on its March' between
upon the town, and though several houses were set i . Esslillg and Aspect), rind towards Hirschstetten.
on fire, the courage of the inhabitants remained un. I " The attack to be made in five columns. The first column
shaken. But a general devastation threatened their' or the column of the right wing, is formed by the corps of Lien-
v aluable property, and when at length the enemy avail- fro the
Hiller. tit
hwil,l,
i,advancei frnat its present position
directionof
she between the'
rut tal'onagndtble.7,oolelabaunkaltligatrldie,
ing himself of the numerous craft which he found ! nearest
there, crossed the snsnller'branches of the Danube, dis. i sesertau - and aspern, keep constantly near the Danube and ties
lodged the troops from the nearest islands, and me...met:dews bordering upon it, and is vi-orously to repulse the ene-
naced their communication with the left bank, the ! toy, who most likely will meetl: or. the same mad, and to dr ve
City was justified in capitulating, while the' troeps re- i htoirnb:lrm
pthediefbt batik.the to;:l.t!‘iirts
.csowlahintenhnittitiset notei suffer itisproBress
treated by the great bridge of Tabors, which they af- 41 have erected on tyhe islands, buts
must elidarolut.;)t.o"tialrenacP:tiniel.ani
terwards set on fire. 1 by its cannon, and spiritedly cuntitme to advauee.
The Archduke received this intelligence in his i " The second colon' ii consists of the corps of the General of
mart Coarunlsliie
head-quarters between Horn apd Meissau, and tho' iierilre,.e: eltvii,e,, cerasee.ii to
h the
fi kit, it -will
it was scarcely to be expected tat the city, surroun= tilt eistoewadvance u,L.:lllZ.al,earai:, ant r ttohje7.l tt uleij 0 first
tt I y columnwitb theon
ded as it was, should continue its resistance, the third column, upon the left, pet-th f wrwar di t)warthiHirsthstetter .
Archduke proceeded on his march without interrup. " The third column is composed of the corps of Lieu:eh:mt.
tion, flattering himself that he might be able to exe- General Prince Hohenzollern. it wir. niarea by Sussenbrunu to.
cute his favourite project by labold attempt to pass is join
ole:,iainrid::),,,,i, thence towar. s .A. spern,.audwill enili.:lnir
. i , i e second column, and on its left the fourth.
the Danube near Vienna. " 7 bc.fourti column, under the contra:Lod tit Lieutenant-Ge-
This city capitulated on the 13th of May, so that neral Prince Rosenberg, is made tip of that part of his corps
there was no further occasion to expose the army to which is•posted on the right batik of the Rivulet Russ: it is to
atl,v,ar.. cei by Anderklaa and_ P.aschdurf, towards Essling.
hazard by crossing the Danube, for which no suffi- «'I 'lie fifth column is formed by that part of Prince Rosen-
. •
vent preparation had been made, and which must berg's corps which stands between Deutscii-wage:lit and Beau-
have been effected in the face of the enemy, and I mersdotf. It will cross :he Rtla3 near Peaumersdort, leave Ruch-
under local circumstances of the greatest disadvan. ! doff and Dischdnrl to the right, emit:v.-our to pass to the left
to e. By the surrender of Vienna, the army had
i! rAorucnhddotlfieerio.‘wnnvi‘i;fliEtiza.rtrif,taznidnisecure its lett flank by the
also lost a point of support on which to rest its mili- i " The cavalry-rest's the command of General Prince
tary operations. • I Lichiolstthi, to mai eii by the way of Arletklaa.,withuut coming
In this situation of affairs the Archduke resolved. in contact with the fourth column, between Raschdorf and Bret-
to collect his army at the foot of the hill Bisamberg, ditenlee, and strait to rile New lnu, keeping continually at such a
stsutcebetw.:en the heads of the third and fourth columns as, in
and allow it a few days of r-'.'st, which after so many c of necessity, to. be near at hand for the purpose of rvpell.ng
forced marches, it urgently wanted. The cavalry for the main body of the enemy's cavalry.
she convenience of water, was posted along the Russ, r " The grenadier corps of reserve to march from Seiering into
the posititan which the corps of lielligarde has taken up behind
a small rivulet, which is concealed by ground coveredr
with bushes, and the advanced guard pushed for- Grao
All the columns Ind corps will march at twelve o'clock at
ward to the Danube, in order to observe the move- noon. Their second lines to follow then, at a suitable distance.
'vents of the enemy, and prevent his passing the river, Every •)lunin ta form its own advanced guard. The order of
march, and the distribution of the livid pieces to be left to the
which he had already attempted to do from Nussdorf,
to what is called the Black Lacke, but with so little judgmentwi march by
tbliye choaniti : •daii Tli
seicrsnos f thei Lr.ue !tine catri
tv.ec corps.era 1 'KEltil.enau wholeto
success, that a battalion of his advanced guard was form the advanced guard or the fourth and Breit columns, and,
taken. The chain of the outposts extended on the before he advances, to suffer the heads of these columns to conic
left side as far as the March, and on the right to pite up to Will, in order that he may have at hand a sufficient
Krems ; this place and Presborg were occupied by supportof othfciicifoanr
tisrio.f cavalr • the brigadel•• the command of
some battalions ; and the•head-quarters of the Arch- t, .'atsey to be corps of
to the)
seconc colum:i,Lrandihe regimens
duke were, on tlte 16th of May, at Ebersdorf near the O'Reilly to the third; and both brigades are to repair iiiimedi-
high road leading to Bruner. attly, the former to. Gerasdorf, and the latter to Sussenbrutin.
On the 19th the outposts reported, that the enemy ~ the principal object it, view is to dive back the enemy en-
tirely over. the first arms of the Danube, ' destroy the . bridges he has
had taken possession of the great Icimid of Lobau, thrown over them, and occupying the bank of the Lobau with a
within about siz English miles of Vienna ; that his numerous-artillery, especially howitzers.
numbers increased there every • hour, and that he " The infantry will form on the plain in battalions, with half
dh:!slHoi.talfiroin the
Highness
I
seemed to be employed in throwing •a bridge across
tnheessadtivealGl:r
aernadl
ainpCrohpicfr roecsoonottnicnd.!
the great arm of the Danube behind the island. From order, cisio=sladuringgh
the top of the Bisamberg, the whole of the opposite species of arms. His station will he with the seconde column. every
country appeared to be enveloped in a cloud of dust, " Geraselorf, May 21, 1509."

and the glitter ofarms evinced ;t general, movement
(:f troop beyond Summering, towards Kaiser-Ebers-
.
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The Ist Cohimn consisted of 19 Battu!. CC Squad.
2d 20 1-
- 22 8

dont, t: hither, according to later accounts, the Em-
peror Napoleta had removed his head-quarters, and
was by his presence hastening and promoting the pre-

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The Colin of Grroailier3

partitions for passing the river.
On the following morning, at day-break, the Arch-
duke resolved to reconnoitre the island, and employ
for this purpose part of the advanced guard, under
the command of Field-Marshal Lieutenant Count
Klenau, supported by some regiments of cavalry.
The Isle of Lobau forms a convenient place of
arms, which is about six English miles long, and four
and a halt broad, and being separated by the large
arm of the Danube from the right bank, nothing pre-
vents the lmilding of a bridge, which is concealed by
wround covered with bushes ; and the great extent of
ele island affords the advantage of sending troops and
ordnance from so many points of it, that the passage
across the smaller arm to the large plain of March-
field, may be made good by force of arms.
It was soon perceived by the strength of the ene-
my's columns which advanced upon the island, and
placed their cannon so as to support the. second pas-
sage, that he meditated a serious attack. The ad-
vanced guard sustained a tolerably warm engage-',
ment, and the cavalry routed the first division of the
enemy, which debotiched from the low rounds on
the edge of the river, late in the evening ; upon
which, the Archduke, whose intention was not to
pr-,..vent the passage of the enemy, but to attack him
the following day, retreated with his cavalry to An-
derkl4a, and ordered the advanced troops to fall back
to Maass, according as the enemy should extend him=
self.
On the 21st at day-break the Archduke orderedhis
army under arms, and formed it in two lines on the
rising ground behind :G.lasdorf, and between the
isam.hill :04 the rivules...Russ. The corps of Lieu-
tenant-General Hiller formed the right wing near:.
-Stararneliklo.4 ; Oilito.leit was 1114 c corps of the Gene.

Tot zl 103 ilattal. 143 Squad.
all which *mounted to 75,otiu:ncr. effective truoiii.

. _
01 artillery, there were .eigbteen batteries of bri-
gade, thirteen of position, and eleven of horse artil-
lery ; in the aggregate two hundred and eighty-eight
pieces of different calibres.
The enemy had availed himself extre:nclr well of
the advantages of the ground to cover his passage.
The extensive villages of Essling and Aspern, mostly
composed of brick houses, and encircled all round
by heaps of earth, resembled two bastions, between
which a double line of natural trendies, intended to
draw off the water, served as the curtain, and af-
forded every possible security to the columns passing
from the isle of .Lobau. Essling had a gra,lary fur-
nished with loop-holes,. and whose three stories af-
forded room for several hundred meta, while Aspern
was provided with a strong churchyard. The left
side of the latter village borders on an arm of the
Danube. Both villages had a safe communication
with the bushy grqurtd near the Danube, from which
ljlie 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 de
pont, a bridge-head forthe bridge, in the rear across
the main.arrri of the river.

The enemy, with the divisions of Generals Moli-
tor, Boudet, Nansouty, Legrand, Espagne, Lasalle,
and Ferrand, under the Marshals Massena and Las-
nes, as well as Marshal Ilessieres, together with the
Guards Of, the Wurtemberg,.Hesse-Darmstadt, and
Baden Auxiliaries, had already left
.this position,
angl.was directing his march towards Hirschstetten,
when the fust,Austrian advanced guards met him.
' 'lf it tie a all permitted in war, to indulge favour.