6 July 1809, 4 to 10 am
Aderklaa
Rosenberg’s IV Corps attacks Davout at Grosshofen and Glinzendorf at about 5 am. Davout throws it back, and as the other Austrian corps have not yet moved, Charles orders Rosenberg back to Markgrafneusiedl, which he reaches by 6 am with 1,100 casualties.
During the night Bernadotte has left Aderklaa without orders, and Bellegarde occupies the village at dawn. At about 7:30 Masséna, injured in a fall and leading from a carriage, sends Carra Saint-Cyr’s division to retake it. Charles drives the French out again with grenadiers and cavalry, the Saxons flee, and Molitor’s division retakes Aderklaa at 9:45 before it is pushed out two hours later. Napoleon meets Bernadotte among the fugitives near Raasdorf and dismisses him.
The French 4th Line storming Aderklaa, drawing by L. MasWikimedia Commons, L. Mas, Public domain (Battle of Wagram - 4th Line Regiment storms Aderklaa.png)
On the Austrian right Klenau’s VI Corps, about 14,000 men, arrives three hours late, takes Aspern from Boudet’s 4,600 and enters Essling at about 10 am. Klenau is now 5 km from the rear of the French army and close to the bridges, but he halts under the fire of the heavy batteries on the Lobau. Kollowrat’s III Corps stops between Süssenbrunn and Breitenlee.
Sources
- Gunther E. Rothenberg, The Emperor’s Last Victory: Napoleon and the Battle of Wagram (2004).
- John H. Gill, 1809: Thunder on the Danube, volume III: Wagram and Znaim (2010).
- Ian Castle, Aspern and Wagram 1809 (1990).
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