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Co* VA* opiroirtiediwely 800 Jetkril , 2930 etni advancing 6 the open coniattbettilett gib'
Count &Ilegartiet 114:v41g received 4 message from,- 1 Iced an:d die &drat area of the Danube.
GeneralWi Ming teuant Plat the enemy was asSeming in
farce before Xspern towards the Phe village Was already ained; and inittrilions
baby meedows *ld , advancing on the left, obliged-the enemy, drawn up
in several lines, to yield. 'llie most violent tan,
was just going to throw a fresh battaliou of Argen. rouade was kept up incessantly on both sides, end it .
apparently had in view all assault upon that point,
seta's into Aspern, when the triers , he heavy columns vres sustainedrby the troops with the greatest thrti. '
of infantry and cavalry, pup‘ist, •. y a numerous tude. Favoured by a fog, which suddenly cone ong
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artillery, begat to advance •e centre of ,the the enemy's heavy cavalry. ventured to a:tack on. all
corps in the plain. sides the corps fornied by Sztarray's and Hillerl
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The troops stationed at Aspern, exhausted as they • regiments of infantry. These brave fellows received •..
were with the incessant ire kept up during the night, him with fixed bayonets, and at the last rrtoment .
were unable to withstand the impetuosity of ;he at.
.poured in their fire with such effect; that the enemy
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rack: their ammunition both for artillery and mus-1 was compelled to take to flight with considerable loss, •
quetry began to fail, and GenerelWacquant retreat-, Five times were these attacks on 41:array's anal Hil-
ied in good order to the churchyard. This post, gained lei's regiments repeated, and each time were they re•
at so dear a rate, was again taken from him, after Pelted with equal courage and tesobition. The cae
several attacks sustained in.conjunction with Lieute- .valrh contributed all that lay in their power to the 1
nant-General Hiller ; the place was alternately taken pursuit of the enema and the support of theinfeirse.
and lost, till at length the superiority of our fire Coburg's, the A'rchduhe Louis's, and Czatorisky's
obliged the enemy to abandon the houses, and a last regiments, belonging to the division of Lieutenant• i'
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assault ofHiller'etorps prevented all farther attempts. General Dedovich, sta,ioned on the. right, renewed . s
From the moment of the retaking of Aspern, it the exertions. of threpreceding (ley with the same dis.
became possible to oppose an offensive movement to tinctionand the same success. Afier this severe. con. .
the enemy advancing upon the centre, and to operate flier, the enemy seemed to have no inclination to ex. s
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upon his left flank and coinmunication. The defence of l P°sci"rnscif to any fresh disaster, and confined him- I
Aspire was therefore left entirely to Hiller's corps, and .
self merely to the operation •of his superior arti;l Ty.
while Count Belle: ark appuidbis right wing on As- •*ebout eleven A. M. Prince Rosenberg received
pern, he formed his left and . the centre in the direr- orders from the Archduke, Commander in Chief, to 1
tionofEsslingen, in such a manner that, by degrees make a new attack upon Esslingen, and a message
he gained the right flank of the enemy, compelled to the same'effect was sent to- Lieutenant. General
*him to retreat, and, by the complete effect of the ar- Dedogich; who commanded the right division of this
tillery, brought to bear upon the left
.wine, which tothh i
cenimanded the whole space from Aspern to Esslin- Prince Rosenberg immediately lormed two co-
gen, gave him st most severe defeat. lumps of attack under the conduct of Lieutenant- ..
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Generals Princes Hohenlohe and Rohan, white help of Lieut.Xeneral the Prince of Hohenzollern.
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tenant-General Dedovich advanc d against the '
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The dawn of morning was with this corps also the
Th
~ e of tine peace, and the magazine, surrounded with
signal thr the renewal of the gigantic emiiiict.
The walls and ditches. •
enemy's infantry was drawn up iii large divisions, and Ti
was Tae attack made with redoubled brivery, and
between it the whole of the heavy cavalry was formed our .
troops
Still,rushed with irresistible impetuosity into the
in masses. The General of cavalry, Prince Lich-
village. however, they found it impossible to
tenstein, on observiue this order of battle, perceived maintain this post, into which the enemy kept con- ,
the necessity of keeping up a close communiceticn tinually throwing new reinforcements, which was of
with the infantry placed near him ; he therefore the utmost importance for covering his retreat, which
drew up his right wing en echivier, behind the corps
he
had already resolved upon, and which lie defended
ef infantry, but kept his left wing together, with re- • with an immense sacrifice of lives. Prince Rosen.
rves posted in the rear. berg therefore resolved to confine himself to the ob. .
A prodigious quench), of artillery covered the front hi :Ite n.maintenance position,
of his own to secure the
,f the enemy, who seemed desirous to annihilate our left flank of the army, and to increase the embarrass-
surps, hve murderous fire of cannon and howit- meet of the enemy by an incessant fire from all the
Am. yards of-tve, hundred pieces of cannon hat ,
eries.
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were eng4ged on both sides, and the olaest soldiers' - /
n hle night bets;een the 93d and 23J, the enemy
Bever tsecollect to have etitnessed so tremendous a accomplished his retreat to the Lobau, and at three •
lire. Vain was every effort to shake the intrepi- •
in the morning his rear-guard also had evacuated •.
lity of the Austrian troops. Napoleon rode through h r
less ingen, and all the points which he had occupied
his ranks, and, according to the report of the
on the left bank of the Danube. Some divisions par.
prisoners, made them acquainted- with the destruc- ' him s
sued closely, and took ssession as near as pos.
tion of his bridge, but added, that he had himself
Bible of the necessary
ordered it to be broken down, becathe in this case .Thus terminated a conflict of two days, whith will
there was no alternative, but victory or death.— be ever memorable in the annals of the world) and in
Soul) afterwards the whole of the enemy's line- put
the history of war. It was the most obstinate and -;
itself in motion, and the cavalry made its, principal bloody that has occurred since the commencement of
attack on the point where the corps of cavalry of the French
Revolution.
Prince Lichtenstein communicated with the left wing It was decist •
ve for the glory of the Austrian arms, h
..f .Lieutenant-General the Prince of Hohenzollern. for the preservation of the Monarchy, and for the . J.
The engagement now became general ; the regiments correction of public opinion,
of Rolian, D'Aspre, Joseph Colloredo and Stain, The infantry has entered n a nets and brilliant ,
repulsed all toe attacks of the enemy. The Generals • upo
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career, and by the -firm confidence -it has 'Manifested 'h
were every where at the head of their troops, and in-1 in its
1 own energies, has paved the way to new victo. .'
spired them with courage and pet severance. The 1 •
nes. The enemy', cavalry has seen its acquired but .
Archduke himself seized the coheirs of Zech's, and I hitherto untried-glory dissipated by the masses of our
the hattelion, which had already begun to give 1 -
battalions, whose cool •intrepidity it was unable to h
way, f oil-weed with new enthusiasm liis heroic exam- ! end are. Cavalry and artillery have surpassed these. r 1
ple. Most of those who serroended him were wound- • in r•
selves valour, and in the space of two days have 1.
•ed ; his Adjutant-General, Count CaPoredo, received re
lee .ormed achievements sutficieth fer a whole cam.
a ball in his head, the wound tom which was at first ; -
paign.
coasidered dangerous ; a squeeze of the hand signified i ,In •
iree pieces of cannon, seven ammunition wag.
to him the concern of his sympathising Commander, i
''' eons, seventeen thousand French muskets, and about
who, tilled with contempt of death, now fought for '
three thousand cuirasses tell into the kends of the cone t
glory and for his country.
querOr. The loss oh both sides was very great i this, i
The attacks of our impenetrable corps, both with • •
and the circamstance that very few prisoners were
the sabre and the bayonet, so r ipidly repeated and so ;
taken by either pat ty, proves the determination of the
impetuous, as to be unpatelleled in military annals, I
• combatants either to conquer or die.
frustrated all the inteetious of the enemy. I The Asrerian army laments the death of eighty- ,
lie was beaten-at all points, and astonished at such ' shave superior officers, and four thousand one bun-
undaunted intrepidity, he was obliged to abandon the •
cited and ninety-nine subalterns and privates.
held of battle. ' . Lieutenant-Generais Prince Ruhen, Dedovich,
ithlut this time Lieutenant-General the Prince of Weber, and French Generals. Winziegerode, Grill, f
dohenzollera observed on his left wine near Esslin-
-Neustadter, Siegenthel, Colloredo, May Hohenfeld,
~en, a chasm, which had been forted during the heat and Boresch, six hundred and sixty-tie ees officers, and 1
of the engagement, and afforded anadvantaehoes paint fifteen
thousand six hundred and fifty-one subalterns
of attack. French's regiment, commanded' by Col. and privates vrete wounded. Of these Field-Marshal h
Meesery, evas ordered thither in threecorps, and re- Lieutenant Weber, eight officers and eight hundred
.ptilied four regiments of hivalry, accompanied with wit( 29 .men were taken prishners by the enemy.
infentry and artillery. The corps remained ita the' The -
le loss of the enemy was prodig sus, and exceeds
position which they had taken, till the grenadiers of ' all expectation. It can only be ac:ounted •for by r
the reserve, which the Archduke had ordered forward th
.e effect of our concur. r.c tire on an exceedingly r
from Brietenlee, arrived to relieve the battalions ex- confined field of battle, weere all the batteries crossed k
i la:tasted with the seeguinary conflict, and continued one another, and calculated by the following authen. i.
the attack upon the centre of the enemy's position.— tic data. . ..
Lieutenant... General D'Aspre petsetrated with the four ; Generals Lasnes, D'Espatene, St. Hilaire, and '•
battalions of grenadiers of Przezinsky, Puteany, Sco- i
, Albuquerque are dead ; Messene, Bestaeres, Molitor, '
veux, :aid Sell-glade withinit tiring a shot, to the i liottdet, Legrand, Lasalle, and the two br [hers
enemy's cannon, where he was flanked by such a tie- 1 Legrange wounded; Durosnel and Fouler taken.
strucuve tire from Esslingen, that nothing but the Upwards of seven thousand men, and an immense
presence of the Archduke, who fiasteeed to the spot, • number of horses were buried on the field of battle ; ..
could hive induced his grenadiers to maintain their five thousand and some hundreds wounded lie in our
ground. Captain Count Dombasle had already I hospitals. In Vienna and the Suburbs there are at
reached the enemy's battery, when he was wounded present twenty-nine thousand seven hundred and se-
by
two bulls, and quitted the field. l ventry-three wounded ; many were carried to tit.
About noon the Archduke ordered a new assault Patten, Enns, and as tar as Lintz ; two thousand
upon Esslingen, which was immediately undertaken three hundred were taken. Several hundreds of corpses
by Field-Marshal-Lieutenant D'Aspre with the floated down the Danube, and are still daily thrown
grenadier battalions of Kirchenbetter and Scovaux uoou its shores ; many met their death in the Island
on the left, and Scarlach aad Georgy in front.—
et Lobau ; and since the water has fallen in the
Five times did these gallant troops rush up to the smaller arms of the river, innumerable bodies, thus
very walls of the houses, burning internally and placed consigned by their comrades to everlasting oblivion,
in a state of defence ; some Of the grenadiers thrust have become visible. The burying of the sufferers is
their bayonets. into the enemy's loop-holes ; but all not yet over, and a pestilential air is wafted from the
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their efforts were fruitless, for their antagonists fought theatre of death. • t
the fight of despair. The Archduke ordered the gre- His Imperial Highness the Generalissimo has in.
unifiers to hike up their former position, and when they deed undertaken the duly so dear to his heart, of
afterwards volunteered torenew the assault, he would acquainting she Monarch and the Country with the
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nu permit them, as the enemy was then in full repeat. names of those who Wok the most active are in the
Corp: of Fidd-Marsleal _Lemieux's Primp Reit#itta. achievements of these glorious days ; but be as •
Both divisions of this carp:, which, in attempting knowledges with profound emotien, that, amidst the
to the engagement, had - composed the fourth and rivalship of the Itighey military virtues, it is scarcely
sith, wk.., were formed before bleak of day for a possible to distinguish the most valiant, and declares 1
new attack, for which the enemy likewise made pre- all the faun of ifeiterx worthy of public gratitude.
parationi on his side, but with_ a manifest superiority His Imperial Highness considers the intelligent dis-
in numbers. . , positions of the. Chief of }us Staff,. General Baron
Prince Rosenberg resolved to attack the. village. la Will3pffeil,nlitia incessant exertions, as thee founda-
Essuogers with the-Archduke Charles's regiment of don of' the victory.
infantry, to push-fist:card his other :troops tat batta. The officers commanding corps have rendered
lions, and ill rino il°Z tO go aik.44.4410..the enemy; ihemselres deserving of the highest favours by uqr
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