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Ninth, Bulletin. : 
Vienna, May 19, 
After the army had a few days rest at Vi- 
enna, the necessary preparations were made. 
for the important passage of the Danube. 
Prince Charles, driven to the other side. of 
the Danube, had no other refuge than the 
niiis of Bohemia. Fhe Emperor did not 
adopt any plan to delay his eutrance into 
Vienna a day, well knowing that inthe state 
of exasperation in which people’s minds were, 
it might be resolved to aefend the town, and 
to multiply obstacles. 
The Duke of Auerstadt remained before 
Ratisbon, whilst Prince Charles retreated to 
Bohemia. Immediately after he proceeded 
to Passau and Liptz, on the right bank of the 
Danube, and gained four marches on the 
Prince, 
The corps of the Prince of Ponte Corvo 
acted on the same system, and first moved 
towards Eora, which forced Prince Charles to 
direct General Bellegarde’s corps towards that 
point, but by a counter-march he turned to-~ 
wards Lintz, where he arrived betore General 
Bellegarde, who, foreseeing this counter- 
sharch, had also directed his march towards 
the Danube. These maneuvres performed 
daily, have freed Italy, the borders of the Inn, 
the Selza,and the Traun; conquered Vjenna, 
annihilated the militia and che Landwher, 
completed the ruin of the corps of the Arch- 
duke Lewis and General Hiller, and dimi- 
nished the fame of the enemy’s generals. | 
The emperor has thrown a bridge over the 
Danube at Ebersdorft, two leagues below 
Vienna. The division of Moliter was con- 
veyed to the left bank, and quickly defeated 
the weak detachments which disputed the 
ground with them. 
The Emperor of Austria is at Znaim. 
There is as yet no rising in Hungary. 
The Duke of Dantzic is at Inspruck. On 
the 14th he defeated General Chastellar, and 
took 700 men. 
The position of the army is as follows:——The 
‘corps of Rivoli, Montebello, and Oudinot, 
are at Vienna, as also the Imperial Guards; 
the corps of Auerstadt, is between St. Polren 
and Vienna; Ponte Corvo is at Lintz, with 
the Saxon and Wirtemherghers ; a corps de 
reserve is at Passau; Dantzic is with the 
Bavarians at Saltzburgh and Inspruck. 
Tenth Bulletin. 
Ebersda ff; May 23. 
Opposite to Ebersdorff the Danube is divided 
into three branches, separated by two islands. 
The distance from the right bank to the 
island on that side, which is 140 toises ip cir- 
-cumfercnce, is about 1000 toises, The dis- 
tance jrom this island to the greater is 120 
toises; and here the stream runs with the 
greatest foree. The larger of the two Islands 
is called Inder-Lobau, and the water which 
geparates it from the main land is 70 tuises 
broad. The first villages which appear after 
erussing, are Gross Aspern, Esling, and En- 
zemort. The passage of such a river as the 
State of Public Affairs in Junés 
[July 3, 
Danube, in. the presence. of an enemy well 
acquainted with all the local circumstances, 
and who has the inhabitants on his side, is 
one of the. greatest military enterprises that 
can be imagined. The bridge over the arm: 
of,the river, which separates the right bank 
from the. first island, and the bridge from this 
island to, that of Inder-Lobau, were erected 
on the 19th. Mbolitor’s division had been 
conveyed to the great island, on the i8th, by 
row-boats. On the 20th, the Emperor arrived 
on Inder-Lobau, and caused a bridge to be 
thrown over the last arm of the Danube, 
from that island to the left bank, ‘between 
Gross-Aspern and Esling. This arm being 
nat qvite 76 toises broad, only 15 pontoons 
were required for the operation, which were 
fixed within three hours. Colonel St. Croix 
arrived-first on the left bank, in an open 
boat ; and General Lasalle’s division of light 
cavalry, with Molitor and Boudet’s divisionS, 
passed duying the night. Afterwards, the 
Emperor, accompunied-by the Prince of Neuf- 
chatel, the Dukes of Rivoli and Montebelioy 
examined the position of the left bank, and 
detefmined the field of battle, posting the 
right on the village of Esling, and the leit on 
the village of Gross-Aspern. Both villages 
were garrisoned at the same time. On the 
21st, at four in the afternoon, the enemy’s 
army shewed itself, and appeared to have for 
its object to defeat our vanguard, and to drive 
it into the river. Vain enterprise! 
The Duke of Rivoli was the first attacked, 
at Gross Aspern, by General Bellegarde. He 
matuceuvred with the divisions of Molitor and 
Le Grand, and rendered completely abortive 
all the attacks which the enemy made that 
evening. The Duke of Montebello defended 
the village of Esling ; and the Duke of Istria 
covered the plain with the light cavalry and 
Espagne’s cuirassiers, protecting at the same 
time Enzendorf. The contest was severe, 
the enemy having 200 pieces of cannon, and 
90,000 men, collected from the remains of 
all the Austrian corps. D’Espagne’s division 
of cuirassiers, which made several fine charges 
advanced in two squares, and took 14 pieces 
of cannon; but a ball killed General D’Es- 
pagne, while fighting, gloriously, at the head 
of his troops. He was a brave man, The 
General of Brigade, Foulers, was likewise 
killed. General Nansouty arrived in the 
evening on the field of battle, with the sin- 
gle brigade commanded by General St. Gere 
main, and distinguished himself by several 
brilliant charges. At eight o'clock the action 
terminated, and we remained masters of -he 
field. During the night, General Oudinot’s 
corps, St. Hiltaire’s division, two brigades of 
light cavalry, and the train of artillery, passed 
over the three bridges. On the 22d, the 
Duke of Rivoli was the first engaged, at four 
in the morning. Fhe enemy made several 
successive attacks in order to retake the vil- 
lage. At last, the Duke of Rivoli, tired of 
acting on the defensive, attacked the enemy 
in his turn, and threw him into contusion. 
General 
