 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pashure pokurohwa kwaAspern-Essling, Napoleon akapedza mavhiki matanhatu achinyatsoronga kuti ayambukezve rwizi rwaDanube. Akatanga basa iri mukupera kwaJuly 4 uye, namaawa mangwanani-ngwanani ezuva rakatevera, akanga akwanisa kuwana simba guru mhiri kwerwizi. Chikamu cha Nansouty hachina kuona chero chiito mukati mezuva rokutanga reHondo paWagramuye usiku vakadzika musasa shure kweVarindi veUmambo. Zuva rakatevera, 6 Chikunguru, Nansouty pakutanga akatungamirwa kutsigira Davout, kurudyi rweFrance, asi pazvakava pachena kuti chikamu chechipiri ichi chaive chisina kutyisidzirwa nekuuya kwekusimbiswa kwevavengi, vakarairwa kuti vadzokere kunzvimbo yekuchengetedza munzvimbo yepakati panhandare yehondo, kwete kure nemusha weAderklaa. Zvadaro, sezvo mamiriro ezvinhu kuruboshwe rweFrance akaipa nokukurumidza, vakadanwa kuti vaite chiito, apo Napoleon akarayira Marshal Bessières, mutungamiriri weCavalry Reserve, kuti atange varume vake mukurwisa vaAustria vaityisidzira kuruboshwe rwake. Nenguva iri pachisikirwo, Bessières akasarudza kusamirira vatasvi vemabhiza veVarindi uye, nemamwe mapoka ake maviri evarwi vanorema akagoverwa kune mamwe matunhu enhandare yehondo, akafunga kutungamira varume va Nansouty chete. Chikamu ichi chaive chakasimba kwazvo: 24 squadrons, varume vanopfuura zviuru zvina, kusanganisira Brigadier General Defrances 1st uye 2nd carabiniers-à-cheval, Brigadier General Doumercs 2nd uye 9th cuirassiers uye Brigadier General Berckheims 3rd uye 12th cuirassiers. 