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

TillaD Cot.fUlitY.

This column, according to its destination, had
begat; its march from its position at Sciring, by
the road of Sessenbren and Uri•itenier., Some di..
visions of O'Reilly's fight hnrse ■nd chasseurs
formed the advanced guard of the column, and at
three o'dock in the aferooun met near Hirchstct-
ten, Os left wing of the enemy, which consisted
mostly of cavalry.
A.s about this time the first and second madams
advanced intrepidly upon A spern, and the enemy
began to fall back to his position b:•twern Esslin-
4evi and Aspern, Lieul—Gen. Hohenzollern or-
dered up his batteric:4, and a very brisk cannonade
commenced on both sides.

The first line formed io dose columns of batta.
lions, and advanced with the greatest resolution
upon the enemy, when his cavalry suddenly rushed
forward in such disproportionate numbers, and
avi' such rapidity, that then• was scarcely tint,
to save the artillery uhich had been brought up,
and the battalions were left to defend themselves
by their wen unsupported citations. This wag
the remarkable moment in which the regiments of
Zach, Joseph Collared°, Zcttwitz, Froon,
battalion of Stein'a, and the second battalion of
the Archduke Charles's legion, under the conduct
of Lientenant.General Brady, and Generals Bu.
reach, Maier and Koller, demonstrated with un.
paralleled fortitude what the need determination
to conquer or die is capable of effecting against the
most impetuous attacks.

The enemy's cavalry turned these battalions our
both wings, penetrated bet Ween them, repulsed the
squadrons of O'Keilly's light horse, who were uo,
able to withstandsuch a superior force, and in the
confidence of victory, summoned these corps of
heroes to lay down their arms. A well directed
and destructive fire was the answer to this degrad-
ing proposition, and the enemy's cavalry abaft
dossed the held, leaving behind them a considerable
trimber of dead.

This cure, as ►ell as the others, passed th•
night on the field of battle.

FOURTH AND FIFTH COLUMNS.

These were both compnved of the corps of
Lieutenant-General Prince Rosenberg, on either
bank of the Rinabach, and directed their march
from their position, to the right and left of
Deotsch-Wagram.
The fourth proceeded through Roschdorf
straight to Esslingen. Colonel Hardegg of
Schwarzenbcrg's Mhos conducted the advanced
geard.

The fifth directed its march towards the left, in
order to go a circuit round the little town of En.
sersdorf, arid drove the enemy out of the place.
It was reinforced by Stipsic's hussars, under tha
command of Colonel FreNeb. Lieutenant-Gene-
ral Klenau led the advanced guard of both ca.
lumns.
' As this cirenit round Enzersdorf obliged -4iser
firth to describe a longer line, It was nectoury for
the fuurth to advance rather more slowly.
Entersdorf, however, was quickly taken pos.
session of by a detachment of Stipsic's hussars, and
of the Wallachia Illyrian frontier regiment, as it
was already for the greatest part evacuated by the
enemy, from %hum no were than thirty prisoners,
could be taken.

Roth columns now received orders to advance
upon Esslingen.
The fourth, in close columns of battalions of
Cvirtorisky's, Archduke Louis's and Cobourg's,
who were twice successively attacked by upwards
of two thousand of the enemy's heavy cavalry;
but these were each time put to flight by our brats
infantry with considerable loss.
Of the fifth column, two battalions of Chaste..
ler's advanced directly upon Esslingen, while two
battalions of Relle•garde's were ordered to pene-
trate the left dank of the village, and the small
contiguous wood. Two battalions of Hiller'4 and
Sztarray's, besides the Archduke Ferdinand's and
Stipsie's regiments of hussars, and two divisions
of Rosenberg's light horse, were in the plain in
readiness to support then,.
These combined attacks were made twice sue
cessively with uncommon intrepidity, the enemy's
troops were repulsed at all points, and driven into
the village of Esslingen which had been set ou fire.
But as the enemy's army was drawn up in several
lines between Esslingen and Aspen), and met each
new attack with fresh reinforcements, because the
safety of his retreat depended on the possession
of this village; our troops were obliged to aban-
don it at the approach of night, and to await, un-
der arms, 'the arrival of morning.

The reserve corps of cavalry had marched in two
columns, under the command of General Prince of
Lichtenstein, and advanced upon the New Inn be-
twecn Raschdorf and Brciteniee. General Count
Wartensleben, with Blankensteia's hussars, con.
ducted the advanced guard.
Nu sooner did the enemy perceive the general
advance of the army, than he placed the bulk of
his cavalry, supported by some battalions of in.
fantry, in w.der of battle between Esslingen and►
Alipern, and commenced a brisk cannonade upon►
the columns of Austrian cavalry as they ap-
proached.

Prince Lichtenstein directed his columns to
march forward in two lines, on which the enemy
detached 4 or 5000 cavalry from his position to
the right, by way of Esslingen, and excited some
apprehension that he would impede the progress
of the fourth column, or even break through it.
The Prince therefore ordered four regiments to the
left, and kept the second enliven formed in tti►c.
lines, till he was convinced that the fourth would
not meet with any impediment to its march.
During this movement the remainder of the
enemys cavalry also advanced with the greatest
confidence. towards the right •ing of the Aus-
trians. Titey were received with a firmness which
they probably did nut expect. The intrepidity of
the cavalry which had marched up, particularly
Maurice Lichtenstein's regiment, dud the Arch.