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upon the left of Aderklau, leaving at Aspern 
a single division with orders for it to fall back, 
in case of necessity, upon Lobau. The Duke 
of Auerstadt received orders to leave the vil- 
Jage of Grosshoffen unoccupied, and to ap- 
proach the center. The Austrian general, 
on the contrary, weakened his cénter to se- 
cure and augment his extremities, which he 
still farther extended. 
On the 6th of July, at day-break, the 
Prince de Ponte Corvo oceupied the left, 
having the Duke of Rivoli in a second line. 
The Viceroy connected Him with the centre, 
where the corps of Count Outinot, tht of the 
Duke of Ragusa, those of the Imperial Guards, 
and the divisions of cuirassiers, formed seven 
or eight lines. 
The Duke of Auverstadt marched from the 
right to reach the centre. The enemy, on 
the contrary, put Bellegarde’s corps in motion 
for Stadelau. The corps of Collowrath, 
Lichterstein, and Hiller, connected their 
right with the position of Wagram, where 
was Frince Hohenzollern, and with the ex- 
tremity of the left at Neustidel, where the 
corps of Rosenberg debouched, to out-flank 
the Duke of Auerstadt. The corps of Rosen- 
berg, and that of the Duke of Auerstadt, mo- 
ving in opposite directions encountered each 
other with the first rays of the sun, and gave 
the signal of battle. The BE ieates instantly 
repaired to this point, ordered the Duke of 
Auverstadt to be reinforced by the Duke of 
Padua’s cuirassiers, and the corps of Rosen- 
berg to be attacked in flank by a. battery of 
twelve guns, of. the division of moony de 
Nansouty. In less than three quarters of an 
hour, the fine corps of the Duke of Auerstadt 
gave a good account of the corps of Rosen- 
bere, defeating it, and driving it beyond Neu- 
siedel with considerable luss. 5 
In the mean time, a cannonade commenced 
along the whole of the line, and the enemy’s 
dispositions were every moment discovering 
themselves. The-whole of his left was se- 
cured with artillery, One might have said, 
that the Austrian gencral was not fighting so 
much for victory, as for the means of impro- 
wingit. This disposition of the enemy seem- 
ed so absurd, that a snare was apprehended, 
and the Emperor waited some time before he 
to make to disconcert those ef the enemy, 
and render them fatal to him, He ordered 
the Duke of Rivoli to make an attack on the 
village occupied by the enemy, and which 
somewhat annoyed the extremity of the centre 
of the army. He ordered the Duke of Auer- 
stadt to turn the position of Neusiedel, and 
thence to push on upon Wagrem; and he 
formed the Duke of Ragusa’s troops, and thuse 
of General Macdonald in column, to attack 
Wagram at the moment the Duke of Auer- 
stadt should debouch. 
Wile these things were going i, infor- 
mation was received ‘hat the enemy was ma- 
king a furious attack upon the village which 
had been carried by the Duke of Rivoli; that 
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our left was out-fanked by 3000 tois s, that 4 
a brisk cannonade was. heatd at Gros-Asperny | 
and that the space becween Gros Aspern and ~ 
Wagram was covered by an immense line of 
artillery. There was no longer any room to 
doubt that the enemy had Committed an 
evormous fault, and we had only to profit by 
it. The Emperor instantly ordered General 
Macdonald to form the divisions of Brousier . 
and Lamarque in columns of attack, He ore 
dered the division. of Nansouty to be supe 
ported by the horse-guards, and by a battery 
of sixty guns belonging to the guards, and by - 
forty of other corps. General Count Laurise . 
ton, at the head of his battery of 100 pieces . 
of artillery,marched also at a tro! against the . 
enemy, “advanced without firing to within 
half gun-shot distance, and there opened a 
_prodigivus fire, which silenced the enemy, - 
and spread death among his ranks. General ~ 
Macdonald then advanced at the pas decharge. . 
The General of Division Reille, with the 
brigade of fusileers and sharp shooters of the 
guards, supported General Macdonald. The 
guards also made 2 change of front, inorder 
torender this attack iniallibie: In aninstant . 
the «nemy’s centre lost a league of ground; . 
his right became alarmed, and perceiving the 
dangerous position in which it was placed, 
rapidly fell back also. ‘The Duke of Riveli,:. 
at that moment, attacked itin front, Whils¢ - 
the rout of the centre thus struck consterna- - 
tion into the right of the enemy, and hurried 
its movements, the left was attacked and out- 
flanked by the Duke 0: Auerstadt, who care 
ricd_Neusiedel, and having gained the eles 
vated plain, was marching upon Wagram. 
The divisions 0: Rroussiers and Gudin in the 
centre, covered themselves with glory. 
It was then only ten o'clock in the morne 
ing ; and those who had the least penetration. 
saw.that the fate of the day was decided, and 
that the victory was ovrs. 
At noon, Count Oudinot marchee tno 
Wagram, toassist in the attack of the Duke. 
of Auerstact. He was successful, and he 
carried that importa:t position. After ten 
oclock, the enemy fought only to effect his 
retreat, and at twelve this was manifest. It 
was conducted in disorder, and long before 
dark, the enemy was out of. sight. Our.. 
left was posted at Jetelsee and Ebersdorf ; our 
centre upon Obersdorf 3 and the cavalry of our 
right extended their posts as far as sebpeitrn 
chen. 
On the 7th, at day-break, the army wae 
in motion, arene upon Kornneuburg and. 
Walkersdorf, and had some posts near Nicolse 
The énemy, cut off from Hungary. 
and Moravia, was falling back upon Bohe- 
mia. 
‘Such is the narrative of the battle of Wa 
gram, a battle decisive and ever memorable, 
in which irom three to four hundred thousand 
men, and from twelve to filteen hundred 
pieces Of, cannon, contended for gyeat imter- 
ests, upon a field of battl, siwdicd, planned, 
and fortified by the enemy for several a 
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