army was determined, if a single prisoner was put to death, to make an example, of which posterity should long preserve the remembrance. The esteem which his majesty entertains for the good inhabitants of Vienna and the states, determined him to accede to this request. He granted permission to M. M. Colloredo, Metternich, Harddick and Pergen to remain at Vienna, and to the deputation to set out for the head-quarters of the emperor of Austria. This deputation has returned. The emperor Francis has replied to these representations, that he was ignorant of the massacre of the French prisoners in the Tyrol, that he pitied the miseries of the capital and the provinces, that his ministers had deceived him, &c. &c. &c. The deputies reminded him, that all prudent men saw with pain the existence of a handful of intriguers, who by the measures they advised, the proclamations, orders of the day, &c. which they caused to be adopted, endeavour only to foment passions and hatred, and to exasperate an enemy who is master of Croatia, Carniola, Carinthia, Styria, Upper and Lower Austria, the capital of the Empire, and a great part of Hungary-that the sentiments of the emperor for his subjects ought to incline him to calm rather than irritate the conqueror, and to give to war the character natural to it among civilized nations, since it is in the power of the conqueror to render more heavy the evils which press on the half of the monarchy. It is said that the emperor Francis conceived that the greater part of the papers mentioned by the deputies were fictitious, and that those, the existence of which was not denied, were more moderate; that the editors were besides French clerks, and that even when these papers did contain some inconvenient things, they were not perceived till the mischief was done. If this answer, which is publicly reported, is authentic, we have one observation to make :—It is impossible not to perceive the influence of England; for this small number of men, traitors to their country, are certainly in the pay of that power.When the deputies went to Buda, they saw the empress. She had been obliged to leave this city' some days before. They found her dispirited, altered, and in consternation at the evils which threatened her house. The opinion of the monarchy is extremely unfavourable to the family of this princess. It was that family which excited the war. The archduke Palatine, and the archduke Regnier, are the only Austrian princes who defended the maintetenance of the peace. The empress was far from foreseeing the events that have taken place. She has shed many tears; she has shewn great alarm at the thick cloud which covers the future. She spoke of peace; she requested peace; she conjured the deputies to speak to the emperor in favour of peace. They reported that the conduct of the archduke Maximilian had been disowned, and that the emperor had sent him into the interior of Hungary. Twenty-Fourth Bulletin, dated Vienna, Gen. Broussier had left two battalions of the 84th regiment of the line in the town of Gratz, and proceeded to Vildon, to join the army of Dalmatia. On the 26th of June, gen. Giulay appeared before Gratz, with 10,000 men, composed, it is true, of Croats and frontier-regiments. The 84th, which was cantoned in one of the suburbs of the town, repelled all attacks of the enemy, routed him every where, took 500 men prisoners, and two standards, and maintained himself in his position 14 hours, giving time to gen. Broussier to come to his assistance. This conflict, of one with ten, covered the 84th, and its colonel, Gambin, with honour. The standards were presented to his Majesty at the parade. We have to regret, that 20 of these brave fellows were killed, and 92 wounded.-On the 30th, the duke of Auerstadt attacked one of the islands of the Danube, at a small distance from the right bank, opposite Presburg, where the enemy had some troops,-Gen. Gudin directed this operation with skill; it was executed by col. Decouz, and the 21st regiment of infantry of the line, which this officer commands. At two o'clock of the morning, this regiment, partly in boats, and partly swimming, crossed a very narrow arm of the Danube, seized the island, routed the 1500 men who were upon it, and made 250 prisoners, among whom were the colonel and several officers of the regiment St. Julian, and took three pieces of cannon, which the enemy had landed for the defence of the island.-At length there exists no longer any Danube, as far as concerns the French army. General count Bertrand has raised works which excite astonishment, and inspire admiration.-Over a breadth of 400 fathoms, and over a very rapid river, he has in a fort night raised a bridge formed of 60 arches, on which three carriages can pass abreast; he has built a second bridge upon piles eight feet broad; but this is for infantry only. Next to these two bridges is a bridge of boats; we can, therefore, pass the Danube in three columns. These three bridges are secured against all insults, even against the effects of fire-ships and incendiary machines, by stoccadoes, raised on piles between the islands, in different directions, fore yesterday, at the moment the Empe ror was mounting on horseback. He set out from Petersburgh, the 8th of Jung. He has brought intelligence of the march of the Russian ariny into Gallicia.Ilis Majesty has quitted Schoenbrunn; he has been two days encamped. His tents are very beautiful, and made in the style of the Egyptian tents." AUSTRIA.-Supplement to the London Gazette of the 11th of July.-(Continued from p. 64.) The head-quarters of the Archduke were, on the 16th of May, at Ebersdorf, near the high road leading to Brunn.--On the 19th the outposts reported that the enemy had taken possession of the great island of Lobau, within about six English miles of Vienna; that his numbers increased there every hour, and that he seemed to be employed in throwing a bridge across the great arm of the Danube behind the island. From the top of the Bisamberg, the whole of the opposite country appeared to be enveloped in a cloud of dust, and the glitter of arms evinced a general movement of troops beyond Summering, towards Kaiser-Ebersdorf, whither, accord leon had removed, his head-quarters, and was by his presence hastening and promoting the preparations for passing the river. the furthest of which are at 250 fathoms from the bridges. When these immense works are contemplated, they might be thought to be the labour of many years; they were, however, produced in 15 or 20 days. These works are defended by tetes de-pont, each 1600 fathoms in extent, formed of redoubts, surrounded by palisades, frises, and ditches filled with water. The island of Lobau is a strong post; it contains magazines of provisions, 100 pieces of heavy cannon, and 20 mortars or howitzers. Opposite Essling, on the left arm of the Danube, is a bridge, which the duke of Rivoli has fixed there. It is covered by a tete-de-pont, which had been raised there at the time of the first passage of the river.-General Legrand occupies the woods in the front of the tete-de-pont. The hostile army is in ordering to later accounts, the Emperor Napoof battle, covered with redoubts; the left is at Enzendorf, the right at Great Aspern; a few discharges of musketry from the advanced posts have taken place. Now that On the following morning, at daythe passage of the Danube is secured, and break, the Archduke resolved to reconthat our bridges are sheltered from every noitre the island, and employ for this purattempt, the fate of the Austrian monarchy pose, part of the advanced guard, under will be decided in a single battle. The the command of field-marshal lieutenant waters of the Danube were, on the 1st of count Klenau, supported by some regiJuly, four feet above the lowest, and thir- ments of cavalry. The isle of Lobau teen feet below the highest point. The forms a convenient place of arms, which rapidity of the river at this part is, when is about six English miles long, and four the waters are high, from seven to twelve and a half broad, and being separated by feet; when the water is moderate, four the large arm of the Danube from the feet six inches, each second, and more right bank, nothing prevents the building strong than at any other point. In Hun- of a bridge, which is concealed by ground gary it diminishes a great deal; and at covered with bushes; and the great exthe place where Trajan raised a bridge, it tent of the island affords the advantage of is almost insensible. The Danube is there sending troops and ordnance from so many 450 fathoms broad; here it is only 400, points of it, that the passage across the The bridge of Trajan was a stone bridge, smaller arm to the large plain of March the work of several years. Caesar's bridge field, may be made good by force of arms. over the Rhine was raised, it is true, in eightIt was soon perceived by the strength days, but no loaded carriage could pass over it.The works on the Danube are the most beautiful military works ever formed. -Prince Gazarin, aid-de-camp general of the emperor of Russia, arrived at Schoenbrunn, at four of the morning the day be * of the enemy's columns which advanced upon the island, and placed their cannon so as to support the second, passage, that he-meditated a serious attack. The ad vanced guard sustained a tolerably warm engagement, and the cavalry routed the that the moment for giving battle had arrived, and hastened to Gerasdorf, where the chief of his quartermaster-general's staff, gen. baron Wimpfen, sketched out the following plan. Flan of Attack upon the hostile Army on its March between Essling and Aspern, and towards Hirschstetten. first division of the enemy, which debouched from the low grounds on the edge of the river, late in the evening; upon which the Archduke, whose intention was not to prevent the passage of the enemy, but to attack him the following day, retreated with his cavalry to Anderkla, and ordered the advanced troops to fail back to Maass, according as the enemy should extend himself.-On the 21st at The attack to be made in five columns. day-break the Archduke ordered his army The first column, or the column of the under arms, and formed it in two lines on right wing, is formed by the corps of the rising ground behind Gerasdorf, and be- lieut.-gen. Hiller. It will advance from tween the Bisam-hill and the rivulet Russ. its present position in the direction beThe corps of lieut.-gen. Hiller formed the tween the "Point" and Leopoidau along right wing near Stammersdorf; on its left the nearest arms of the Danube, pass along was the corps of the gen. of cavalry count the left bank towards Stadejau and Aspern, Bellegarde, and next to that the corps of keep constantly near the Danube and the lient-gen prince Hohenzollern, in the meadows bordering upon it, and is vigor allignement of Deutsch-Wagram. The ously to repulse the enemy, who most corps of prince Rosenberg was posted by likely will meet it on the same road, and, battalions in column on the Russbach on to drive him from the left bank. This the rivalet Russ, kept Deutsch-Wagram column must not suffer its progress to be strongly occupied, having, for the security impeded by the batteries which the enemy of the left wing, placed on the heights perhaps may have erected on the islands, beyond that place a division in reserve. but must endeavour to silence them by its The whole cavalry, which the day before cannon, and spiritedly continue to adhad advanced under the command of vance. The second column consists of prinde Lichtenstein by Anderklaa, was the corps of the gen. of cavalry, count. called back into the line, filling, in two Bellegarde; leaving Gerasdorf to the left, lines, the space intervening between the it will march towards Leopoldau, endealeft wing of prince Hohenzollern and the vour to join the first column on the right, right of prince Rosenberg The vast plain advance upon Kagran, and then, conjointly of the March-field spread like a carpet with the third column, upon the left, push before the front of the line, and appeared, forwards towards Hirschstetten.--The third by the absence of every obstruction, to column is composed of the corps of lieut.be destined to form the theatre of some gen. prince Hohenzollern. It will march great event. The grenadiers remained in by Sussenbrunn to Breitenlee, and from reserve near Seiering, and the corps of the thence towards Aspern, and will endeagen. of artillery, prince of Reuss, kept the vour to join on its right the 2nd column, Bisam-hill, and the low bushy ground and on its left the 4th.The fourth column along the Danube strongly occupied. under the command of lieut.-gen. prince Part of it was still left near Krems, the Rosenberg, is made up of that part of his corps being almost broke up by having so corps which is posted on the right bank of many of its divisions detached to so con- the rivulet Russ: it is to advance, by Ansiderable a distance. At nine o'clock, derklaa and Raschdorf, towards Essling. the Archduke ordered the arms to be The fifth column is formed by that part of piled, and the troops to dine. The piquet prince Rosenberg's corps which stands of observation on the Bisam-hill reported between Deutsch-Wagram and Beaumers. that the bridge across the Danube behind dorf, it will cross the Russ near Beaumersthe isle of Lobau, being now quite finished, dorf, leave Raschdorf and Bischdorf to the was plainly perceivable, and that troops right, endeavour to pass to the left round were, without intermission, seen filing off the town of Enzersdorf, and secure its left over it, as well as passing in boats to the flank by the archduke Ferdinand's regiisle The outposts, likewise, gave informent of hussars. The cavalry-reserve mation of the gradual augmentation of under the command of gen. prince Lichthe enemy in the town of Enzersdorf, and tenstein, to march by the way of Ander in the villages of Essling and Aspern, klaa, without coming in contact with the and of his advancing towards Hirschstet fourth column, between Raschdorf and fen. The Archduke Charles now thought Breitenlee, and straight to the New Inn, - keeping continually at such a distance of the ground to cover his passage. The between the heads of the third and fourth extensive villages of Essling and Aspern, columns as, in case of necessity, to be near mostly composed of brick houses, and enat hand for the purpose of repelling the circled all round by heaps of earth, remain body of the enemy's cavalry. The sembled two bastions, between which a grenadier corps of reserve to march from double line of natural trenches, intended Seiering into the position which the corps to draw off the water, served as the curof Bellegarde has taken up behind Geras- tain, and afforded every possible security dorf. All the columns and corps will to the columns passing from the Isle of march at twelve o'clock at noon. Their Lobau. Essling had a granary furnished second lines, to follow them at a suitable with loop-holes, and whose three stories distance. Every column to form its own afforded room for several hundred men, advanced guard. The order of Larch, while Aspern was provided with a strong and the distribution of the field pieces, to church-yard. The left side of the latter be left to the judgment of the commanders village borders on an arm of the Danube. of the respective corps. The whole will Both villages had a safe communication march by half divisions. Lieut.-general with the bushy ground near the Danube, Klenau to form the advanced guard of the from which the enemy had it constantly fourth and fifth columns, and, before he in his power to dispatch, unseen, fresh advances, to suffer the heads of these co- reinforcements. The Isle of Lobau served lums to come quite up to him, in order at once as a place of arms and as a tetethat he may have at hand a sufficient sup-de-pont, a bridge-head for the bridge, in port of infantry.Of the corps of cavalry, the brigade under command of Veesey to be attached to the second column, and the regiment O'Reilly to the third; and both brigades are to repair immediately, the former to Gerasdorf, and the latter to Sussenbrunn. The principal object in view is to drive back the enemy entirely over the first arms of the Danube, destroy the bridges he had thrown over them, and occupying the bank of the Lobau with a numerous artillery, especially howitzers. The infantry will form on the plain in battalions, with half divisions from the centre. His imperial highness the gen. in chief recommends order, closeness during the advance, and a proper use of every species of arms. His station will be with the rear across the main arm of the river. The enemy, with the divisions of gens. Molitor, Boudet, Nansouty, Legrand, Espagne, Lasalle and Ferrand, under the marshals Massena and Lasnes, as well as marshal Bessieres, together with the guards of the Wurtemberg, Hesse-Darmstadt and Baden auxiliaries, had already left this posi tion, and was directing his march towards Hirschstetten, when the first Austrian advanced guards met him.-If it be at all permitted in war, to indulge favourable presentiments, it was certainly excusable so to do at that great moment, when, on the 21st of May, exactly at twelve o'clock, the columns began to put themselves in motion for the attack. A general enthu siasm had taken possession of the troops: joyful war-songs, accompanied by Turkish music, resounded through the air, and were interrupted by shouts of "Long live our Emperor, long live Archduke Charles!" whenever the imperial general appeared, who had placed himself at the head of the second column. Every breast panted with anxious desire and high confidence after the decisive moment; and the finest weather favoured the awful scene. Battle of the 21st of May.-First Column. The advanced guard under gen. Nordman, consisting of two battalions of Gyulay and Lichtenstein hussars, had formed near the destroyed bridge of Tabor, and leaving the villages of Kagran and Hirschstetten to the left, and Stadlau to the right, marched in the plain towards Aspern. It was followed by the column, dual wall was an impediment of the assailants, and a rampart of the attacked; the steeple, lofty trees, the garrets and the cellars were to be conquered before either of the partics could stile itself master of the place, and yet the possession was ever of short duration; for no sooner had we taken a street or a house than the enemy gained another, forcing us to abandon the former. So this murderous conflict lasted for several hours; the German battalions were supported by Hungarians, who were again assisted by the Vienna volunteers, each rivalling the other in courage and perseverance. At the same time the 2nd column combined its attacks with those of the first, having to overcome the same re which, having left the high road before the post-office at Stammersdorf, had marched from the right by hal divisions. Its right flank along the Danube was covered by a battalion of St. Georgians, by the 1st battalion of Vienna volunteers, and by a battalion of militia, under the command of major count Colloredo.-Within a cannon-shot of Stadlau the out-posts met the enemy's piquets, which gradually retreated to their original divisions. At this time gen. Nordman ordered two battalions of Gyulay to draw up en echellon, in order to favour the advance of the column. The enemy drawn up in large divisions, stood immediately before Aspern, having, to cover his front, occupied all the ditches of the fields, which afforded ex-sistance, by reason of the enemy's concellent breast-works. His right was covered by a battery, and his left by a broad and deep ditch (one of those that carry off the waters of the Danube when it overflows), as well as by a bushy ground, which was likewise occupied by several bodies in close order.-Though the enemy had the advantage of position all to himself, inasmuch as the freshes of the Danube were only passable by means of a small bridge, at which he kept up a vigorous fire from behind the ditches both with cannon and small arms, it did not prevent the 2nd battalion of Gyulay, immediately after the first had penetrated as far as the bushy meadows, to pass the bridge in a column, to form without delay, and with charged bayonets to attack the enemy, who precipitately retreated to Aspern, on which occasion that village, after a vigorous but not very obstinate resistance, was taken for the first time. It was, however, not long before the enemy had it in his power, by the arrival of a fresh reinforcement, to expel again the battalions of Gyulay. By this time some battalions of the column had arrived, the chasseurs of major Schneider, of the 2nd column, joined the advanced guard of the 1st; Gyulay formed again, and the enemy was a second time pushed to the lower end of the village, though he succeeded again in regaining what he had lost.--Both parties were aware of the necessity of maintaining themselves in Aspern at any rate, which produced successively the most obstinate efforts both of attack and defence; the parties engaged each other in every street, in every house, and in every barn; carts, ploughs, and harrows were obliged to be removed during an uninterrupted fire, in order to get at the enemy; every indivi stantly leading fresh reinforcements into Second Column. The advanced guard, commanded by lieut.-gen. Fresnel, advanced by Leopoldau and Kagran towards Hirschstetten, and consisted of one battalion of chasseurs and two battalions of Anton Mitsovsky under gen. Winzingerode, as well as the brigades of cavalry, Klenau and Vincent, under gen. Veesey. It was followed, in |