Star.
London, England, 1809-07-22 00:00:00

PASSAGE ACROSS THE ARM OF THE DANUBE TO THE

ISLAND LOBAL`.

" On the 4th, at ten in the evening, General Oudinot caused
1500 voltigeurs to be embarked en the great arm of the Danube,
commanded by General Conroux. Colonel Baste, with ten gun-
boats, convoyed them, and disembarked them beyond the little
arm of the Island Lobau, in the Danube. The batteries of the
enemy were stson silenced, and be was driven Aram the woods
to the village of Muhlenten.
" At eleven in the evening, the batteries raised against Enure-
clod received orders to begin their firing. The howitzers set
this unfortunate little town on fire, and in lees than half an hour
the enemy's batteries had ceased to operate.
" The Chief of Battalion, Donates, Director of the Bridges,
and . . . . N:pgineer of the Marine, had prepared in the
i►land Alexander a bridge of SO toises, of a single piece, and five
great ferry-boats.

" ColOnel Sainte, Croix, Aide-le-Camp of the Duke de Ri-
yoli, embarked in barges with 2500 men, and larded on the left
bark.

'• The bridge of a single piece, the first of the kind which has
hitherto been made, was fixed ir. less than five minutes, and the
infantry passed over it with great rapidity.

. .
" Captain Bazclle fixed a bridge of bas in an hour and a

half.

" Captain Payerimoffe formed a bridge of rafts In two hours.

g' Thus, at two o'clock of the morning, the army
had four bridges, and had debouched on the left 1500
toises below Enzersdorf, protected by the batteries,
and the right upon Vitt in. The corps of the Duke
de Rivoli ibrmed the left ; that of Count Oudinot,
the centre ; and that of the Duke of Auerstadt, the
right ; the corps of the Prince de PonterCorvo, the
Viceroy, and the Duke of Ragusa, the guard ; and'
the cuirassiers formed the second line, and the bodies
of reserve. Utter dal kness, a violent storm, and
rain, which fell 'in torrents, rendered this night as
frightful, as it was propitious to the French army,
and was about to be glorious to it.
gg On the sth, at day-break, every one perceived
what had b?En the project of the Emperor, who was
then, with his whole army, arranged in order of bat-
tle at the extremity of the enemy's left, having turn-
ed all his entrenched camps,having rendered his works
useless, and thus obliging the Aust:ians to abandon
their positions, and come and offer him battle on the
spot.that was convenient to him. The great problem
was thtis resolved, and without passing the Danube
on other points—without receiving any protection
from the works he had raised, he forced the enemy
to fight three quarters of a league from his redoubts.
From that moment the greatest and happiest results
were presaged.

" At eight in the morning, the batteries which had
played upon Enzersdorf had produced such an effect
.that the enemy was obliged to let that town be occu-
pied by no more than four battalions. The Duke of
Rivoli dispatched his first Aide-de-Camp, Sainte
Croix, against it, who did not meet with a great re-
sistance, and tOok prisoners all who remained in it.
Count Oudinot surrounded the Castle of Sach-
sengang, which the enemy had fortified, forced 900
men who defended it, to capitulate, and took twelve
pieces of cannon. •

" The Emperor then, caused the whole army to
spread itself along the immense plaitt of gnxersdorf.