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| II about 10 enclose and swallow up their
enemy. Macdonald's division was a.
mongst the first brought into the engage
meni, and bravely held its ground during
The day, When night closed The scene of
strife, the Auslrians had gained on tho
French. They nevertheless sounded a
roreut, while the exhausted army Of Ma
poleon lay down on the field of blood, TO
sleep. Early in the morning, tho Aus
TRANS taking advantage Of their succoss
the day before, commenced the attack,
and the tbundor Of their guns n, daylight
brought Napoleon into his saddle The
field was again alive with charging squad.
rons, and covered with the smoke Of bat.
tie. From daylight ill nearly noon had
the conflict ragged without a moments ces.
saton. Every where except against tho
Austrians' left, the French were defeated
From the stecples Of Vienna, the multi
lude gazed on the progress Of the doubtful
! fight, ill they heard the cheers Of their
counlrymen above the roar Of battle driv-
ing the flying enemy before them, when
they shouted in Joy, and beloved the yIcto.
ry gained. But Napoleon gailoped up,
and restoring order in the dsordcred lines,
ordered Dayoust to make circuit, and as
cending the plateau Of Wngram, carry
Neusiede, While waiting the result Of
this movement, on the sucress Of which
depended all bis future operations, the
French lines under Napoleon's immediate
charge were exposed 10 a most terrific fire
from the encmy's artillery, which toro
them into fragments. Unable to advance,
and too distant TO return the fire, they
were compelled to stand as idle spectators
and see tho cannon shot plough through
them Whole batlplions, driven frantic
by this inaction IN the midst Of sucha
deady fire, broke and fed. But every
thing depended on the infantry holding
firmly their position ill tbs effect OF Dn.
voust's assault was seen. Yet nothing
but Napoeon's heroic bravery KEPT them
steady Mounted on his milk white char
ger, Euphrates, given him by the King Of
persia, he slowly rode backward and for.
ward before the lines, while tho cannon
balls whisllcd and ratified like hail-stones
about him--cusing ever and anon an
anxious look towards the spot where Da-
youst was expected to appear with his fif.
~ thousand brave followers. For whole
hour he thus rode in front Of bis men, and
though they expected every moment to
see him shattered BY cannon ball, no
moved unscaihed amid the storm. At
length Davoust was seen charging like
fire over the plateau Of Wagram, and Il.
naly appear With his cannon on the inrih-
er side Of Neusiedel. Ia a moment the
plateau was covered with smoke as ho
opened his cannon on the exposed ranks 81
the enemy. A smile lighted Up Nupoleon's
counionance, and the brow that had been
knit like iron during the terrific strife Of
the two hours before, as word was con-
sianty brought him Of bis successive loss-
es, and the steady progress Of tho Aus
trians--clearcd up, and lie ordered Mac
donald, with eight batialions, 10 march
straight on the enemy's centre, and pierce
il. THIS formed the crisis Of the battle,
and no sooner did the Archduke sec tho
movement Of this terrible column Of eight
battalions, composed Of sixteen thousand
men, upon his conirc, than he knew that
the hour Of Europe's destiny and bis own
army had come. lie Immediately doub-
led his lines at the threatened point, and
brought Up the reserve cavalry, while two
hundred cannon we've wheeled around the
spot on which such dcstinies hung, and
opened terrific fire on the approaching
column, Macdonald Immediately ordered
hundred cannon 10 preccde him, and an
swcr The Austrian batteries, that swept
every inch of ground like q storm Of sleet.
The cannonicrs mounted their horses, and
starting on rapid lrot with their hundred
pieces, approached to within o half can
non shot, and opened destructive FIRE on
the cnemy's ranks. With this battery at
its head, belchipg forth FIRE like some huge
monster, The mighty column steadily nd.
yanced. The Auslriens fell back and clos.
ed in on each other, knowing thai the final
struggle had come. Al this crisis oil tho
battle, nothing could exceed the subimity
and terror 81 The scene. The whole in-
ieresi Of the armies was concentrated
here, where the inccssonl and rapid roll Of
cannon told how desperate was the con-
Aiel. Still Macdonald slowly advanced,
though bis numbers were diminishing, and
the fierce battery Al bis head was gradual
y becoming silent. Euveloped ia the aw-
lu FIRE Of It's antagonist, The guns had one
by one been dismountei, and at the dis
lance Of a mile and half from the spot
where he started on bis awful mission,
Macdonald found himself without pro.
tectng battery, and The centre still I'M
broken. Marching over the wreck of bis
cannon, and pushing The naked head Of
bis column into the open Geld, and inio tho
degouring cross fire Of the Austrian pril-
lery. M beCan 10 ndyance. The Jestruc-