 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mangwanani aApril 23 muhondo yeRatisbon, pakanga pane imwezve hondo yevatasvi vemabhiza pakati pezvikwata makumi mashanu nezvitanhatu zvevatasvi vemabhiza veAustria nevatasvi vemabhiza veFrance ve Nansouty, Saint-Sulpice naLouis-Pierre Montbrun. Kurwisana kwacho kwakaenderera mberi kwemaawa maviri vaAustria vasati vadzokera. Musi wa 15 Chivabvu, 1st Cuirassiers yakaverengerwa 527 mauto. Muhondo yeAspern-Essling musi wa 21-22 Chivabvu, chikamu cheSaint-Sulpice chakasvika kunhandare yehondo zuva rekutanga sezvo Napoleon akazviwana aine varwi ve31,400 vakatarisana ne100,000 yeAustria nerwizi kumashure kwake. Akasimbiswa muhusiku navafambisi vanofamba netsoka 50 000, vatasvi vamabhiza 12 000 uye zvombo 144, Napoleon akarayira kufambira mberi kwavafambisi vanofamba netsoka uye vatasvi vamabhiza vake pakati peAustria. Kurwisa uku kwakadzosera maAustria shure kusvikira mutungamiri wehondo yavo Archduke Charles, Duke weTeschen akatungamirira Reserve Corps mberi. Pasinei nokurwiswa kwakatevedzana kwevarwi vemabhiza, vaFrance vakadzoserwa mumusoro wavo muduku webhiriji uye vakamanikidzwa kudzokera shure usiku ihwohwo. 