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Aspern on the-lift ia.eider itiliptirt the attack en( - pre latent dbpendat. • • on iise' penseisinsi
the flask with the two batteries of cavalry, as well loge; .otir troops were obliged to abandetViCet the
as to facilitate ?lie. junction with the third ~column a isproach of night; and to await, under arms, the ar-
which was advancing by Breitenlee. At the same tidal Of ittornint„ •
time the regiment of Rens Planen was ordered tot* ' ThV ReserVe CMS of Cavalry had Matthed in
right side of Aspern, with a view to an attack on that ' two Coinmns, under the cOmmand if General Prince
place, the rest of the corps was foamed Into 'date co- of Lichtenstein; and -advanced upon the New Inn be
lumps of battalions. nyeen Raschdoxf and Breitenlee. General Count
Meanwhile the enemy formed his left wing. Wartensleben with flankensteites *hussars, conducted
which he reinforced, towards Aspern, end hit right. the advanced guard.
upon Esslingen. Thus he advanced with calinutsd -NO skater did icheenemy perceive the
_general ad-
rf infantry and cavalry upon the Main Piemy4 vance of the arniys than he placed the boa of his ce-:
while an extremely brisk cannonade supported him.. valry, supported by some battalions of infantry, in or-
A liae of twelve regiments of cuiraisler 'formed der of battle between• Esslingen and AAspern,and
the centre of the second line of the enemy,, tionneenced a brisk 'cannonade upon the columns of
the whole an imposing aspect. , Ansel:ln-tie/a* as they dpiltMdhed.
Meanwhile the attack of a battalion of Reufs-Plauen 1 Prince Lichtenstein directed his columns to march
on Avail was repulsed, and it gave way, being I forward in two lines, otrwhiehthe enemy detached -
w thron into consternation ',by the loss of its comman- !four or five thonsanchcavalry from his position to the
d,r, but it rallied immediately after. Count Belle- right byway of Esslingen, and excited some appre-
ordered General Bacmiant to renew the attack ihensionehit he would impede the progress of the.
With the regiment of Yegellang, and to carry the vii. ifitirth'coltitim,Air even break througb it. The Prince
at all hazards. The latterobeyed the order With therefore Ordered four regiments to the left, and kept
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t:;„ most brilliant success, and. Aspern, tho-tigh de- the second column formed in two lines, till he was
fended by twelve thousand 'of the bkit of enenty's convinced -that the, fourth would not meet with any
troops,.was carried by. storm ; Bactivant beingassist- impediment to it, mara,
ea by the regiment ofteurs-Ptaiien, byihattalidn 'of During this movement the remainder of the ene-
Archduke Rainer, and lirthettigatiti Of Miler of the my's cavalry also advanced with the greatest cnnfi-
third column. • dente, towards the right wing of the Austrians. They
To frustrate this attack? •the enemy advanced with were received with a firmness which they probably
two colunMs of infantry, hEpprOrt:::d by
-his heavy ea- did not expect. The intrepidity of the cavalry which
vahl, upon the main army, repulsed the two rer,i- had marched up, particularly Maurice Lichtenstein's
meats of Klenau and-Vincent's lightharse, and fell regiment and the Aechduke Francis's cuirassiers, the
urn the infantry. former headed by its gallant Colonel, Roussel, frus
The latter expecting him with their firelecks ready totted the repeated assaults of the enemy by counter.
and 'with cool intrepidity, fired at ten paces distanee attacks, by which they at lengthpet a suite twhis im-
so effectually, as totally to rtint the enemy,' upon.petnous advance, and completely eeptilied him with
*hich Cenral Veesey, at the head of a division of considerable loss. In these conflicts, the Freneh.Ge.
Velem, attacked the enemies' cuirassiers with such neral of 3ivision, Darosnel,• equerry to the Einperer
entrgv, that their retreat was followed by that of the Was taken prisencr a few paces from him, as was also
infantry. • General Fouler, equerry to the Empress, after h tiievr
t,
the whole of its line was been slightly wounded. Notwithstanding the fire of
lieteby the army along
disengaged fromehe enemy, obtained communication the musketry which now ensued, the Prince ord• red
on the left with the corps of Prince.Hollenenitt;rus and a general advance, by which the enemy was strait, ne
became possessed of the important post of Asper 4.— in the okoiinew between
.Eesiihgen and Aseern, bita
The enemy being in full retreat attempted no further on account of the flanking tire from Eselingen..couin
attack, and confined himself merely to a cennorrade. not be pursued any further. The fire of his guns was
The corps remained during the night under arms.— answered with spirit by the horse artillery. Aboatt
Tee enemy repeated, indeed, his attacks on Aspern, seven in the evening, three thousand horse -were again
but they all proved unsuccessful. detached towards the point of union between the Ca.
THIRD COLUNN. • yelry of the coree of reserve end the lot wing of
This column, according to its destination, had Prince Hohenzollern, and tell en masse upon the bra
legun its march from its position at Setetiug by the gades of Cuirassiers of General Ko•vher, Klary, and
wed of Sussenhrunn an:Vreitenlee. Some divisions Siegenthal ; but by the steady intrepidity of the Blim-
el O'Reilly's light horse and chaseeurs formed the kenstein's and Reisch's regiments, who with eie utmost
aiivanced guard of elle -column, and at three o'clock gallantry made a sudden :Attack on the enemy's flanks,
in the afternoon met near Hirsehstetten, the left wing his cavalry was again repulsed, and part of it, which
or tine enemy, which consisted mostly of cavalry. I had fallen upon some of the regiments of the new le-
As about this time the first and second columns vies, piaced.M the third line, wae cut off and these
advanced intrepidly upon Aspern, and the enemy be- taken. Meanwhile night came on, and it was passed
gut to fail back to his position between Esslingen and by the Prince in the best state of preparation on the
esnern, Lieutenant General Hohenzollern ordered ground which he had gained from the enemy.
t:p his batteries, and a very .brisk cannonade corn- For the first thne leepoleon had sustained a defeat
menced on both sides. . in Germany. From this moment he was reduced to
first line formed in close columns ef battalions, the rank of bold and successful Generals, who, like
to' aevanced with the greatest resolution upon the hiMself, atter a long series of destructive atchieve-
eenly, when his cavalry suddenly rushed forward in ments, experienced the vicissitudes of fortune. The
sorb e!:Tropertionate numbers, and with such rapi- charm of his Invincibility was dissolved. No longer
ay, den. there, was scarcely time to save the area- the 41:Oiled Chitel of Fortune; by posterity he will be
Ivry vi Inch had been biought up, and the battalions characterized as the Sport of the fickle goddess. New
were left to defend themselves by their oan unsup- hopes begin to animate the oppressed netions. 'To the
ear:ed exertions. This was the rernerkable moment Austrianarmy theelstofMay was agrandamiglorious
is which the regiments ei 'Lath, Joseph Colloredo- epoch, that most inspire it with a consciousness of its
'eetwitz, Froom, a battalion of Stein's, and the se- , stzength, and a confidence in its energies. Over-
road battalion of the Archduke Charles's wheimed by our irresistible infantry, its proud oppo-
eeder the conduct of Isieuteneut General Brady, and-: nents were extended in the dust, and the presence of
Generals Buresele Maier, and Koller, demonstrated their hitherto uncenwpiered Emperof sees no longer
with unparalleled fertitude what the fixed determine- capable of snatching horn the heroes of Austria the
tien to conquer or die is capable of effecting against • laurels which they tent acquired.
the most impetuous attacks. . Napoleon's glory sot; ohvieusly at stake. New
The enemy's cevalre turned these battalions on efforts were taste expected the following clay ; but he
both wines, penetrated between them, repulsed the ; tees also oblieted to fig's/ for- his existence. By means
iquadrons of O'Reilly's light herse, who \\wt.: un.tbte of fire-ships sent down the Danube, the Archduke
to withstand such a superior force, and in the emit"- ; had caused the enemy's bridge nn the Lobatt to be
rlence of victory, surtimoned these cerps of heroes to broken :lawn, and it repairs would take up several
lay down their arinse.A well directed and destruc- j hours. Meanwhile Napoleon had already in the even-
tive iire was the answer to this degrading proposition, ins; been joined by the corps of General Oudinot ;•
and the enemy's cavalry abandoned the field, leav- and all the dispaseable troops followed from- Vienna
ine behind them a considerable number of dead. I and the Upper Danube, and were transported across
'Las corps, as well as the others, passed the night the river in vessels as fast as they arrived, The Arch-
:: tic field of battle. I duke, on his part, ordered the grenadier corps which •
PoTIRTII AND FIFTH COL WINS. I had not had any share in the first engagement, to ad-
-new were lesth composed of the corps of Lieu- verve from its position near Gerasdorf to Breitenlee ;
tenant General Prince Rosenberg, on either hank of and the short eight 'was scarcely sufficient to cone-
ts itussbach, and directed their march from their po- plete the respective preparations ibr the commence-
-17, t,) the right and left of Dcatsch-Wagram. meat of a second tragedy.
The fourth proceeded throegh Roschdorf straight BATTLE OF THE 220 Or MAY.
to iessEngen. Colonel Hardegg of Schwarzenberg's Corps of Lieutenant-General Hiller.
imlans conducted the advanced gueri. With the morning's dawn the enemy renewed his
The fifth directed its march towards the left, in attacks, whiahfarsarpassed in impetuosity those of t'v
order to go a circuit round the little town of Enzers- preceding day. It was a conflict of valour and nt-
(tort., and drive the enemy out of the place. It was foal exasperation. Scarcely road the French Guards
reiriorced by Stipsic's hussars, under the command of compelled General Wacquent . to. abandon Aspern,
Colonel' frolich- Lieaten.uit General Kieneu led the , when the rtgiment of kiebek again penetrated into,
easanced guard of both columns. the burning village, drove. buck the cnoicest troops of
As this circuit round Enzersdnrf obliged the fifth the enemy, and engaged in a new contest in the midst
deicrihe a longer line, it wee necessary fur the 4:h of the conflagration, till, at she expiration of an hour,
to ;iiivance rather more slowly. it was also obliged to give w.ty. The regiment • f
Enzersdorl, however, was quickly taken possession Benjovsky now rushed in, and at the first onset gain-
el by a detachment of Stipsic's hussars, and of the ed possession of the church. ard, the walls of which
'Yeliaclealllyrian frontier regiment, as it was already Field-Marshal-Lieutermet 'Hiller immediately ordo.-
die greatest pert evacuated by the enemy, from ed the first division of pioneers to pull down, and the'
eem no more than 50 prisoners could be taken. church, together with the parsonage, to be set on fire.
columns now received orders to advance Thus wets this regiment, supported by some bate:t-
-o .
;;..,s,onzen. • lions, commenieet by Generil Bianchi, at length
'rite fourth in close columns of battalions of Czar- enabled to maintain itself at the entrance of the vil-
toriskv's, Archduke Louis's, and Coburg's, who were loge, after overcoming; the resistance, bordering on
oelee successively attacked by upwards of twa thou- despair, opposed by the flower of the French army.
stud of the enemy's heavy cavalry ; but these were Neither could the enemy produce any farther effectl
each time put to flight by our brave infantry with upon the bushy meadow, after Lieutenant-General'
fonsidemble loss. Hiller had ordered the force there to be supported by
Of the tifth column, two battalions of Chasteler's two battalions of Anton Miterewsky's and•a battery
edvenced directly upon Esslingen, while two hatte- •on which the jagers, St. George's; and-two battalions
lions of Bellegarde's were ordered to penetrate the olViennavolunteers, drove him from his adeantageous
kit flank of 11,e village, and the small contiguous positions Which he 'never afterwards attempted to
Two battalions of Hiller's and Sztarray's, cover.
tesitles the Archduke Ferdinand's and Stipsics's regi- As about this time the lekwing of the corps was
nients of hussars and two divisions of Rocenberg's light likewise placed in security by. three. batteries sent by
horse, were in the plain in readiness to support them: the Lieutenant-Gienerale-to sUpporttl4General of.Ca-
Thoy! combated attacks were made twice succes- :valry,.Coundielbegaly.de, and thelatter maintained his
With uncommon intrepidity, the enemy's troops ground-against tire most-desperate attacks of the elteel
were repulsed at all points, and driven into the vil- my ;..the Lieutenant-General 1140erkept,histrxtitir
A,re of Esslingen which had been set on fire. But • ton the left flank of the enemy, and the victory was,d.e.
ii,e enemy's army was drawn up in several lines -tided ;in- this quartet', - The corps was therefore•agant
tatween Esslingen and Aspern, and met each new fiermed lei tee* Weals and 64- awaited Ule!an'-h-
-ettaek with fresh reimorcemente, because the, safety tog events.