394 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1809. 



achievements sufficient for a whole 

 campaign. Three pieces of cannon, 

 seven ammunition waggons, 17,000 

 French muskets, and about 3,000 

 cuirasses fell into the hands of the 

 conqueror. The loss on both sides 

 was very great : this, and the cir- 

 cumstance that very few prisoners 

 were taken by either part}', proves 

 the determination of the combatants 

 either to conquer or die. The Aus- 

 trian army laments the death of 87 

 superior officers, and 4,199 subal- 

 terns and privates. Lieutenant-ge- 

 nerals prince Rohan, Dedovich, 

 Weber, and Freut i, general Win- 

 zingerode, Gril, Neustadter, Sei- 

 genthal, Colloredo, May Hohen- 

 feld, and Buresch, 663 officers, and 

 15,651 subalterns and privates were 

 wounded. Of these, field-marshal 

 lieutenant Weber, eiglit officers, 

 and 129 men, were taken prisoners 

 by the enemy. The loss of the 

 enemy was prodigious, and exceeds 

 ail expectation. It can only be ac- 

 counted for bj' the effect of our 

 concentric fire on an exceedingly 

 confined field of battle, where all 

 the batteries crossed one another, 

 and calculated by the following au- 

 thentic data. Generals Lasnes, 

 D'Espagne, St. Hilaire, and Albu- 

 querque, are dead ; Massena, Bes- 

 sieres, Molitor, Boudet, Legrand, 

 Lasalle, and tlie two brothers Le- 

 grange, wounded ; Durosnel and 

 Fouler taken. Upwards of 7,000 

 men, and an immense number of 

 horses were buried on the field of 

 battle; 5,000 and some hundred 

 wounded He in our hospitals. In 

 Vienna and the suburbs there are 

 at present 29,773 wounded ; many 

 were carried to St. Polten, Enns, 

 and as far as Lintz ;— 2,300 were 

 taken. Several hundred of corpses 

 floated down the Danube, and 

 are still thrown upon its sliores ; 



many met their death in the island 

 of Lobau, and since the water has 

 fallen in the smaller arms of the 

 river, innumerable bodies, thuscon- 

 signed by their comrades to ever- 

 lasting oblivion, have become visi- 

 ble. The burying of the sufferers 

 is not yet over, and a pestilential 

 air is wafted down the theatre of 

 death. His imperial highness, the 

 generalissimo, has indeed under- 

 taken 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 achievements of these glorious 

 days ; but he acknowledges with 

 profound emotion, that, amidst the 

 rivalship of the highest military 

 virtues, it is scarcely possible to dis- 

 tinguish the most valiant, and de- 

 clares all the soldiers of Aspern 

 worthy of public gratitude. His 

 imperial higimess considers the in- 

 telligent dispositions of the chief of 

 his staff, general baron Wimpffen, 

 and his incessant exertions, as the 

 foundation of the victory. The 

 officers commanding corps have 

 rendered themselves deserving of 

 the highest favours by uncommon 

 devotedness,personal bravery, warm 

 attachment to their sovereign, and 

 their high sense of honour. Their 

 names will be transmitted to poste- 

 rity with the achievements of the 

 valiant troops who were under their 

 direction. Colonel Smola, of the 

 artillery, by his indefatigable acti- 

 vity in "the proper application of the 

 ordnance, and his well known bra- 

 very, rendered the most important 

 services. The commanding officers 

 of corps and columns have fur- 

 nished a list of the generals, staff 

 and superior officers, who particu- 

 larly distin<iuished themselves. 



Lieutenant-gen. count Klenau, 

 who exhibited fresh proofs of his 



well 



