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

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the whole of the opposite country appeared to be
envelop eil in a cloud of dust, and the glitter of
arms evinced a general inurement of troops beyond
Summering, towards Kaiser.Ebersderf, whither,
according to later secouuts, the Emperor Napo.
leen had removed his head.quarters, and was by
his presence bjstening and promoting thuprepara.
tions fur passing the river.
On the following morning, at day.break, the
Archduke resolved to recouursitre the island, and
employed for this purpose part of the advanced
guard, under the commted of Field. Marshal
Lieutenant Count KlenaNt, suppdrted by some
regiments of cavalry.
The Isle of Lobes forms a convenient plaits of
arass, which is about silt English miles long, and
four and a half broad, anal being separated by the
Urge arm of the Danube frost, the right bank, ►
•othing prevents the building of a bridge, which
is couctmiled by ground covered with bushes ; and
the.. groat extent of the island Words the advantage
of sending troops and ordnance from so many
points ef It, that the passage across the smaller
Atilt to the large plain of Marelifiehl may be made
good by force of arms.
It si as souu perceived by the strength of the
enemy's columns whit, i advanced upon the island,
and plastid their caution so as to support the se.
rood passage, that he meditated a serious attack.
The advanced guard sustained a tolerable e arm
eugagement, and the cavalry routed the first divi.
slow of the enemy, which deboudied from the low
green& on the edge of the river late in the even.
ing, upon which the Archduke, whose intention
was not to prevent tho passage of the enemy,
but to attack him on the following day, retreated
with his cavalry to Anderklaa, and ordered the
advanced troops to fall back to Maass, according
as the enemy should extend himself.
On the 21st, at day.break, the Archduke or.
tiered his army under arms, and formed it in two
lines on the rising ground behind Gerasdurf, and
bArreeu the Dino-hill mid the rivulet Russ. The
corps of Lieutenant-General Hiller formed the
rii;ht wing near Stanimendorf ; on its left was the
corps of the General of Cavalry Count Bellegarde,
and neat to that the corps of Lieutenatit.General
Prince Hohenzollern, in the alignernent of Deutsch
%grain. The corps of Prince Rosenberg was
pasted by hattalions in column on the Russbach,
on. the rivulet Russ, kept Deutsch. Wagmm strong.
ly accupied, having, for the security of the left
wing, placed on the heights beyond that place a di.
vision.en reserve. TM whole cavalry, which the
day before hail advanced under the command of
Prince Liektenatein by Anderklaa, was called
back into the line, filling, in two lines, the space
i itervetiing between the left wing of Prince 1.1.0.
hensollena and the right of Prince Rosenberg.
The vast plain of the hlarchfield spread like a
carpet before the front of the line, and appeared,
by the absence of every obstruction, to be des.
tiered to form the theatre of some great event. The
grenadiers temaineia =Lev Seieriug, and
the of the General of Artillery Prince of
Reuss kept the Risam.hill, and the low busby
ground slung the Danube, grossly occupied.
Part of it was Mill kit near Krems; the corps heel
lug almost broke up by having so many of its divie
biota detached to so considerable a distance.
M nine o'clock the Archduke ordered the arms
to be piled, and the troops to dine. The piquet
of observation oa the Bisain.bill reported that
the bridge across the Danube, behind the isle of
Lobuo, being now quite finished, was plainly
perceivable, and that troops were, without inter.
mission, sem filing of over it, as well as passing
in boats to the late. The outposts likewise, gave
information of the gradual augmentation uf the
enemy in the town of Enzarsdorf, and in the vil-
lages of Esping amid A.sperii, and of his advancing
towards Ilirschstetteu. The Archduke Charles
now thought that the moment for giving battle
had arrived, and hastened to Gerasdorf, where
the chief elf his Quarter.hlaster.General's Staff,
Ginoral Baron Wimple:it, sketched the following
plan : ' •
PLAN OF ATTACH IPPON THE HOSTILE ARMY ON ITS
MARCH BETWEEN EILING AND ASPERN, AND
TONA ADS 111 RSCHSTETTEH.
" The attack to be made in five columns. The
Brat column, or the column of the right wing, is
formed by the corps uf Lieutenant-General Hil.
ler. It will advance from its present position in
the direction between the " Point" and Leopol.
elan, slung the nearest arm of the Danube, pass
along the left bank towards Stadclau and Aspern,
keep coostantly near the Danube and the meadows
bordering upon it, and is vigorously to repulse
the enemy, who most likely will meet it on the
same road, and to drive him from the loft bank.
This column must not suffer its progress to be tau
?lacteal by_ tee batteries which the enemy perhaps
may have erected on the islands, but must codes-
your to silence them by its cannon, and spiritedly
coutinue to advance.
Thesecond column consists of the corps of
the General of Cavalry Count Bellegarde; luau.
lug Gerasdorf to the left, it will march towards
Leopoidau, endeavour to join the first columns hods
the right, advance upon Kagrau, and thee, co.*
jointly with the Jd column, upon the left, posh
fat wards towards Hirschstetten.
" The third column is composed of the corps
of Licuteuant-General Prince Hohenzollern. It
will march by Sussenbrunn to Breitenlee, and
from thence towards Aspern, and will endeavour
to joie on its right the second adieus, and on its
left the fourth.
"The fourth &Acme, under the command of
Lieutenant-General Prince Rosenberg, is made'
up of that part of his corps which is posted ou
the right bank of the theist Russ; it is to ad.
mince, by Anderklaa and Raselidorf, towards
14 The fifth column is formed by that part of
Pelee, Rosenberg's corps which stands between
Deutsch-Wagram and Beasimeredorf ; it will
crass the Ross near Boommenilorf, leave Remit.
(liar and Bischderf to the right, endeavour to
to the left soared the town of Enzersdorf,
adil secure its left hank by the Archduke Ferdi-
nand'eregiment of hosiers.
" Thu cavalry reserve trader the command of
General Prince Lichteniteio, to mord by the