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

my and the support of the infantry.
Coburg's, the Archduke Lonis's. and CA
toriskv's regiments belonging to the division
OF Lieut. Gen. Dedovich, stationed on the
right, renewed the exertions of the prece-
ding day, with the same distinction and
the same success. After this Sc ere conflict,
the enemy seemed to have no inclination to
expose himself to any fresh disaster. and
confine himself merely to the operation OF
his superior artillery.
About eleven A. NJ. Prince Rosenberg re,
ceived orders from the Archdnke, comuan-
der IN chief, tn make anew attack upon Es-
slingen, and a message To the same effect
was sent to- Lieut.. Gen. D-dovich, who com.
manded the right division of this corps.
Prince Rosenberg Immediately formed
two columns of attack under the conduct of
Lieut.. Generals Princes Hohenlohe and Ro.
han, while Lieut. Gen. Dedovich advanced
against the citadel of the place, and the ma
gazineS surrounded with walls and bitches.
The attack was made with redoubled bra
very, and our troops rushed with irresist.
bic impetuos.ty into the village. Still, how
ever, they found il imposs ible to maintain
this post, into which the eremy kept continu-
ally throwing new reinforcements, which
was o. she utmost Importance for covering
his retreat, which he already resolved upon,
and which he, defended with an immense sa.
crlhce OF lives. prince Rosenberg therefore
resolved to confiue himself TO the obstinate
| maintenance OF his own position. to secure
the left flank OF the army, sad to eucrease
| the embarrassment of the enemy by an in
| cessaht hire from all the batteries
In the night between the 22d and 23I the
enemy accomplished his retreat to the Le
ban, and at three in the morning his rear
guard also had evacuated Esslingen and all
| the nDIntS which hp haI ;oI RI Iaf,
bank of the Danube. Some divisions pursu
ed him closely, and took possession, as near
as possible, of the necessary posts of obser-
walton.
| Thus terminated conflict of two DAYS,
| winch will be ever memorable in the annals
OF the world and in the history of war 1t
was the most obstinate and bloody, that has
occurred since the commencement of the
| French revolution.
twas decisive for the glory of the Aus
TRAN arms, for the preservation of the mo
narchy and for the correction OF the public
opinion.
| The infantry has entered upon new and
brilliant career, and by the firm confidence
1t has manifested in its own energies. has
paved the way to new victories. The enemy's
cavalry has seen its acquired. but hitherto
untrled glory, dissiPated ny the masses of our
battalions, whose cool intrepidity it was una
bic to endure
Cavalry & artillery have surpassed them
selves in valor, and in the space of two days
have performed achievements sufficient for
whole campaign.
| hree pieces of cannon seven ammunition
Wagons, 100 French Muskets, and abou,
| 5000 couirassers fell into the hands of the
conqueror The loss on both sides was very
! great: this and the circumstance that very
| lew prisoners t.Gap h,re oil
proves the determination of the combatants
either to conquer or die
The Austrian army laments the deaths of
81 superior officers, 41s9 subalterns and pri-
| Yates
| Lieutenant Generals Prince Rohan, bed
| ovich, Weber, and Frenel; Generals Win.
singerode, Grill, Neustadter, Siegeothal,
Colloredo, May, Hohenfield, and Buresch !;
COS officers, and 1851 subalterns and pri-
Yates were wounded. or these, field mar
shall lieutenant Weber, officers, and 500
men were taken prisoners by the enemy.
The loss of the enemy was prodigious, and
exceeds all expectations. 1t Can only be &C
Counted for by the effect of our concentric
flre on an exceedingly confined field of bat
tie, where all the batteries crossed one ano-
Their, and calculated by the following authen-
tic data:
Generals Lasnes, D'Espagne, ST. HiIare,
and Albuquerque are dead Massena, Bes.
sieres, Molitor, Boudet, Lcgrand, Lasalle,
and the two brothers Lagrange wounded ;
Durosnel and Fouler taken.
Upwards of 1000 men, and an immense
number of horses were buried in the field
OF battle five thousand and some hundred
wounded lie in our hospitals In Vienna &
| the suburbs there are at present 29.773
wounded; many were carried to St. Polten,
Ems, and as far as Ling, 500 were la
ken. Several hundred of corpses f1oated
down the Danube, and are still daily thrown
upon Its shores many met their death in
the island OF Lobau, and since the water has
fallen in the smaller arms of the river, in
Vulnerable bodies thus consigned by their
comrades to everlasting oblivion, have be-
come visible. The burying of the sufferers
is not yet over, and pestilential air is watt
ed from the theatre of death.
His imperial highness, the generalissi mo,
has indeed undertaken the duty so dear to
his heart, of acquainting the monarch and
the country with the names of those who
took the most active share in the achieve
ments of these glorious days but he &C
knowledges, will, profound emotion, that a
midst the rivalship of the highest military
virtues, it is scarcely possible to distinguish
the most valiant, and declares ali the seld
ers OF Aspern worthy of public gratitude.
His imperial highness considers the in
telligent dispositions of the chief of his
staff, general barren Wimpsen, and his in
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