The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-07-08

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Oudinot, Massena and Davout were on the lett
bank, with 60 900 men.
In the meantime, in order to favor the pas
sage of his troops, and bewilder the enemy as
much as possible, Napoleon ordered all his
batteries on the isle of Lobau and the lesser
| islands, and all the cannon of his armed boats,
to open their FIRE at the same instant. The
night was as dark as pitch. Just as the order
was on the point of being executed, one of the
most terrific thunder storms that had ever been
known in that country, burst upon the armies
1t seemed as though the heavens themselves
gave the signal for the work of destruction TO
commence, for simultaneously with the hrst
clap of thunder, volley from nine hundred
pieces of the heaviest artillery mingled Its roar
with the elemental strife. The scene was SUI
| blime beyond all conception. The flash OF inc
| Iightnngs, the bowling Of the winds, the deep
| roll yof the thunder and the loud crash OF the
artillery, seemed to indicate that the consum-
nation ofall things was approaching, and that
nature herself would perish in the STRIFE
| Aroused from their slumbers, by the terrific
| unroar. the terrified inhabitants OF Vienna
rushed by thousands to their doors, their win.
dows and the tops of their houses, to catch
glimpse of the scene. At few miles distance,
thew beheld the atmosphere vast sheet OF
lurid flames, while the earth trembled beneath
them. and the city seemed about to topple
from its founda lions. What must have been
the feelings of those who knew that the fate of
their country hung trembling in the balance,
it is impossible even to imagine. Calm and
impassive as the very marble which preserves
his features to posterlty, while nature seemed
convulsed with the last agonies ofdissolution,
Napoleon presided over the tempest he had
reused from its slumbers. He went every
where, and superintended every thing, giving
his orders With as much GOODNESS as though he
had been debating to his Secretaries at the
Tuileries.
Day at length dawned, and the sun rose
clear and unclouded upon scene of surpass.
ing grandeur. 1t was that of three hundred
thousand men, with eleven hundred pieces of
cannon, preparing to enter into deadly conflict
Seventy thousand men had already crossed
over from the island. Oudinot on the right,
after leaving rear guard to lombard the cas-
tie of Sacksengang in the woods,was marching
up the Marchfeld; Immediately on his left
was the corps of Davout. and to the left of
Davout, Massena was advancing against the
town of Enzersdorf, which was still in flames.
Shortly fler, the Imperial Guard passed on,
and close after them followed the Saxons,
| commanded by BerRadotte. The army of Italy
commanded by Eugene and Mcdonald, the
army of Dalmatia, commanded by Marmon,
and the Bav arians, under Wrede, having ar
rived last in the island, were the last to cross
over. The castle of Sschsengang, and the
town of Enzersdorf, were soon carried, and the
army had nothing to dread on their rear. De-
termined to secure his retreat at all hazards,
Napoleon had three more bridges built, and
then began to deploy his forces. The French
were formed i'll two lines. In the first line Gu.
dinot was on the right, Davout in the centre,
and Massena on the left. In the second line,
the army of Italy was on the right, the Bava-
rians in the centre, and the Saxons on the left.
The Guard and the Curiassiers formed the
reserve, in the rear. The artillery advanced in
front of the several corps, the mounted troops
were on the wings. Napoleon himself was in
the centre. The army continued its march,
pivoting upon its left, and deploying as it ad-
vanced after fashion which has been com
pared TO the opening OF fan. The corps of
the first line separated to allow room for those
Of the second. The Austrians fell back as
they advanced. The French artillery fired,
and their cavalry charged continually on the
march. The towns of Rutzendorfand Rachs-
dorf were taken as they advanced, with three or
four thousand prisoners. Essling and Aspern,
the villages so holly disputed few months be-
fore, were taken in flank by the corps of Mas
sena, and entered without any difficulty. The
corps of the second line having entered the
spaces left for them by the separation of those
of the first, the whole French army was now in
one line. The Austrians fell back to the posi-.
ton which they defnitively occupied.
| CONCLUSION TO MORROW.
| DEATH OE