 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Hondo yeAspern-Esslingrakatanga na2:30 masikati musi wa21 May. Kurwisa kwokutanga kwakaitwa nemakoramu matatu okutanga paAspern uye Gemeinde Au masango asi akanga asina kurongeka zvakanaka uye akakundikana. Kurwisa kwakazotevera kwakabudirira mukutora nokuchengeta rutivi rwokumadokero rwomusha. VaAustria havana kurwisa Essling kusvika na6 masikati nokuti mapoka echina nechishanu aiva nemigwagwa yakareba yokufamba nayo. VaFrance vakabudirira kudzosera kurwisa kwaEssling zuva rose. Kurwisana kwakatanga na3 mangwanani aMay 22, uye maawa mana gare gare vaFrance vakanga vatora Aspern zvakare. Napoleon akanga ane varume 71 000 nezvombo 152 kune rumwe rutivi rwerwizi, asi vaFrance vakanga vachiri vashoma. Napoleon akatanga kurwisa kukuru pakati peAustria kwakagadzirirwa kupa nguva yakakwana yokuti III Corps iyambuke ndokuwana rukundo. Lannes akafambira mberi nemapoka matatu ehondo uye akafamba kwemamaira imwe pamberi pevaAustria, vakafuridzirwa nekuvapo kwega kwaCharles uyo akaunganidza Zach Infantry Regiment, akavhura moto unorema kumaFrance izvo zvakaita kuti ava vadzoke. Na9 mangwanani, zambuko reFrance rakatyokazve. Charles akatanga kumwe kurwisa kukuru awa rimwe gare gare ndokutora Aspern kwenguva yokupedzisira, asi akatambura kuti atore Essling. Kwapera maawa mashomanene, vaAustria vakadzoka ndokutora Essling yose kunze kweimba yezviyo yaidzivirirwa zvakasimba. Napoleon akarayira Vachengeti veUmambo vaitungamirirwa naJean Rapp, kutsigira kubviswa muimba yokuchengetera zviyo. Rapp haana kuteerera zvaakarayirwa uye akatungamirira kurwisa nebayonet kwakadzinga vaAustria kubva kuEssling, kwaakazorumbidzwa naNapoleon. Napoleon akaziva kuti musoro wake webhiriji wakanga usingachengeti uye akarayira kudzokera shure, achipa murairo kuna Lannes. Lannes akarohwa nebhora remoto uye akakuvadzwa zvakaipisisa. VaFrench vakadzokera kuLobau pakusviba kwehusiku, vachikwevera mabhiriji avo emvura shure kwavo. Charles akanga aparira Napoleon kukundwa kukuru kwokutanga mubasa rake rehondo uye akanga akonzera rufu rwokutanga pakati pavatungamiriri vake vehondo, asi uto rake rakanga raneta harina kukwanisa kudzingirira vaFrance. 