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brilliant success.and Aspern, though 

 defended by 12,000 of the best of 

 the enemy's troops, was carried by 

 storm ; Vacquant being assisted by 

 the regiment of Reuss Plauen, by 

 a battalion of archduke Rainer, and 

 by the brigade of Maier of the 

 third column.— To frustrate this 

 attack, the enemy advanced with 

 two columns of infantry, supported 

 by his heavy cavalry, upon the 

 main army, repulsed the two regi- 

 ments of Klenau and Vincent's 

 light horse, and fell upon the in- 

 fantry.— The latter expecting him, 

 with their firelocks ready, and with 

 cool intrepidity, fired at ten paces 

 distance so effectually, as totally to 

 rout the enemy, upon which gene- 

 ral Veesey, at the head of a divi- 

 sion of Klenau, attacked the ene- 

 my's cuirassiers with such energy, 

 that their retreat was followed by 

 that of the infantry.— -Hereby the 

 army along the whole of its line 

 was disengaged from the enemy, 

 obtained a communication on the 

 left with the corps of prince Ho- 

 henzollern, and became possessed 

 of the important post of Aspern. 

 The enemy being in full retreat at- 

 tempted no further attack, and 

 confined liimself merely to a can- 

 nonade. The corps remained dur- 

 ing the night under arms. The 

 enemy repeated, indeed, his attacks 

 on Aspern, but they all proved 

 unsuccessful. 



Third Column. 

 This column, according to its 

 destination, had begun its march 

 from its position at Sciring, by the 

 road of Sussenbrun and Breitenlee. 

 Some divisions of O'Reilly's light 

 horse and chasseurs formed the ad- 

 vanced guard of the column, and 

 nt three o'clock in the afternoon 



met near Hirschstetten, the left 

 wing of the enemy, wliich consist- 

 ed mostly of cavalry. — As about 

 this time the first and second co- 

 lumns advanced intrepidly upon 

 Aspern, and the enemy began to fall 

 back to ins position between Esslin- 

 gen and Aspern, lieutenant-general 

 Hohenzollern, ordered up his bat- 

 teries, and a very brisk cannonade 

 commenced on both sides. — The 

 first line formed in close columns 

 of battalions, and advanced with 

 the greatest resolution upon the 

 enemy, when his cavalry suddenly 

 rushed forward in such dispropor- 

 tionate numbers, and with such ra- 

 pidity, that there was scarcely time 

 to save the artillery which had been 

 brought up, and the battalions were 

 left to defend themselves by their 

 own unsupported exertions. This 

 was the remarkable moment in 

 which the regiments of Zach, Jo- 

 seph Coileredo, Zettwitz, Froon, a 

 battalion of Stein's, and the second 

 battalion of the archduke Charles's 

 legion, under the conduct of lieut.- 

 general Brady, and generals Bu- 

 resch, Maier and Roller, demon- 

 strated with unparalleled fortitude 

 what the fixed determination to 

 conquer or die is capable of effect- 

 ing against the most impetuous at- 

 tacks. — The enemy's cavalry turn- 

 ed these battalions on both wings, 

 penetrated between them, repulsed 

 the squadrons of O'Reilly's light 

 horse, who were unable to with- 

 stand such a superior force, and in 

 the confidence of victory, summon- 

 ed these corps of heroes to lay down 

 their arms. A well directe d and de- 

 structive fire was the answer to this 

 degrading proposition, and the ene- 

 my's cavalry abandoned the field, 

 leaving behind them a considerable 

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