one of Marshal Lannes aide-de-camps, wrote in his memoirs of the battle, in which he had to observe the last moments of his close friends, and describes the amount of bloodshed and sadness which came to the Grande Armée after the crossing of the Danube. The army surgeon Dominique-Jean Larrey also described the battle in his memoirs and mentions how he fed the wounded at Lobau with a bouillon of horse meat seasoned with gunpowder. Larrey is quoted in French by Dr Béraud Notes References It references Dominique-Jean Larrey, Mémoires de chirurgie militaire et campagnes, III 281, Paris, Smith. External links Battle of Aspern-Essling by David Johnson in journal Military History, April 2001. Battles involving Austria Donaustadt Battles involving France Battles of the War of the Fifth Coalition Conflicts in 1809 1809 in the Austrian Empire 1809 in France 19th century in Vienna May 1809 events Austrian Empire–France relations Battles inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe