The three columns of his army made rapid progress and soon reached Prague. Since May 1, the Austrians had been entrenching themselves on the Ziskaberg, a steep hill immediately to the east of Prague. On the Ziskaberg, the tents and batteries of the Austrians stretched for 6 km from near the crown of the hill eastward to the villages of Hlaupetin and Kyge present-day Kyje , and their lakes. The village of Maleschitz present-day Malesice was in the rear of the right wing.
Prince Charles of Lorraine , the Austrian commander-in-chief, intended to remain in this strong position and to wait for the arrival of Field-Marshal Daun with a considerable corps. On May 5, Charles of Lorraine moved his headquarters from Nusle to Maleschitz and encamped his army in two lines between Maleschitz and Wolschan behind the Roketnitzer Stream, his left anchored on Prague, his right between Sterbohol and Hostawitz, his extreme right wing deployed en potence in the direction of Sterbohol.
His army consisted of 61 bns, 62 grenadier coys, sqns for a total of 48, foot and 12, horse and hussars; altogether 61, men. Hadik with hussars and Lobkowitz with horse, posted on the heights of Gbell and Prosek, secured the Austrian camp. At p. He also expected that at least part of Serbelloni's Corps would arrive on the following day. The battlefield lay mainly to the east of Prague on the gently undulating plateau between the Roketnitzer Stream and the Boticz Stream, the latter flowing through Hostiwarz, Zabehlitz, Michle and Nusle into the Moldau.
There were no significant obstacles on this plateau and only a few minor hillocks at Sterbohol, Unter-Poczernitz present-day Dolni Pocernice and Hostawitz present-day Hostavice.
To the south near the Moldau, the plateau sloped more sharply towards the marshy valley of the Boticz Stream.
