The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-09-08

husky ground. which was likewise occupied
| W several bodies in close order.
hough the enemy had advantage of posi-
ton all TO himself, inasmuch as the freshe
} OK the Danube were only passable by a, small
bridge. at which he kept up vigorous fire
from behind the bitches both with cannon
ard small arms, it did .,ot prevent the secont
battalion of Gyulay,; immediately after the
nrst mad penetrated as far as the bushy mea
dows, to pass the bridge in column, to form
twitho1t delay, and with charged bayonets
TO attack the enemy, who precipitately re-
treated to Aspern, on which occasion, that
| village, after vigorous. but not very obsti
iiate resistance, was taken for the first time
! it was, however. not long before the enemy
had 1t in hrs power, by the arrival of fresh
reinforcement, to eXpcl again the battaons
OF Gyulay. BY this time some battalions of
the Column had arrived. the chasseurs of Ma
JOY Schneider, OF the second column, joined
| the' advanced guard of the first; Gvulay
iornec again, and the enemy was a second
| 'iuse pushed To che lower end ut the village,
though he succeeded in regaining what he
| lost.
Both parties were aware of the necessity
OF MAINTAINING themselves in Aspern at any
rate, which produced successfully the most
obstinate efforts Both of attack and defence ::
. the parties engaged each other in every
street, IN every house, and in every barn !;
carts, plouShs, and harrows were obliged to
| De removed during an uninterrupted FIRE, i'm
oroer To get at the enemy, every individual
was an impeachment of the assailants, and a
rampant OF the attacked the steep!c, lofty
Hees' me Sarfets ana the cellars were to he
conquered before either of the parties could
stiie themselves master of the place, and vet
the possession was ever of short tlura ton for.
no sooner mad we taken street or house,
'hah the enemy gained another. forcing us to
aoaiidon the iormer. So this murderous con-
Met lasted Tor several hours; the German
odllaiiohS were supported by Huugarians,
VINO were again assisted by the Vienna vo-
iuhteers, each rivalmg the other IN courage
and PERSEVERANCE. At the same time the
second column combined its attack with
those of the first, having to overcome the
same resistance, by reason of the encmy's
constantly leading fresh reinforcement,
into fire. At length, general Wacauanr of
the second Column succeeded in becoming
master oil the upper part of the village, and
maintaining himself there during the Whole
night.
by the shells of both parties, many houses
had been set on fire, and illuminated the
whole Country round.
AT the extremity of the right wing on the
ousiy meadow, the combats were nor less Sc
we're. The left flank of the enemy was Sc
cured by an arm of the Danube impenetra
Die underwood, intersec ed only by footpaths
covered ms front; and broad di CHI and
palhsadoes aHored him the advantage of
natural rampant
Here fought at the beginning of the battle
the first battalion Of Gyulay, under col Ma
riassy; and the battalion OF chasseurs under
ochnieder; next The st Georgians under
MAJOR Mihaiilovich and fl nally, the two
baltalions of Vienna Volunteers, under lieut..
StSlgcnteScb
so, the enemy was defeated; and the first
Gay or TINS sanSunary engagement terminal
co oy the occupation of ASpern by gen. Wac
quaint, at the head of e,gnt battaiions of the
second Column, while lieut.. field marshal
FILLER drew the troops of his corps from the
village, placed them again in order of battle,
ana passed the night under arms
SECOND COLUMN
Inc advanced guard, commanded BY lent
gen. freshei' advanced by Leopoldau & Kag-
ran towards Hirschstetten, and consisted of
one battalion of chasseurs, and tw battaiions
OF Anton MiAovsky under gen Wnzinee-
rode, as we'll as the brigades of cavalry, Kle
nau and vincent, under gen. Veesey TWAS
followed In the same direction by the column
from its position near Gerasdorf.
Inc enemy having been discovered from
the emincnCcs near Hirschstetten to be near
Aspern and Eslingen, the brigade Veesey
80 NC'"ShCu against the latter place, and
the brigade Winzingerode to dislodge the e.
nemy from Aspern.
lhe column deployed before Hirschstetten
III TWO lines. iii order to support the advan-
ced guard. and leaving Aspern to the right.
followed upon the plain, at proper distance.
The brigade OF Winzingerode, however.
met with so spirited a resistance i'm it's at
tempts upon Aspern, that an attack on the
'front.' alone was not likely to be attended
with success; the cavalry, therefore, of the
advanced guard, was pushed forward from
Aspern on the left, in order to support the
attack on the flank with the two batteries of
cavalry, as we'll as to facilitate the junction
with the third column, which was ADVANCING
by brIetenlee. At the me time the regi1
ment OF Rcuss Plauen was ordered to take
the right side of Aspern, with a view to
attack on that place, the rest of the corps
was formed into close columns of battalions.
meanwhile the enemy formed his left wing.
which he refused towards AspertI, and ms
right upon EsliDgen. Thus he advanced
with Columns of infantry and cavalry upon
the main army, while an extremely brisk
cannonade supported him. A line of twelve
regiments OF cuirassiers formed the centre
of the second line OF the enemy, giving to the
whole AN imposing aspect.
Meanwhile the attack OF a battalion of
Reuss-Piauen of Aspern was repulsed, and IT