 The main Pandur force took possession of Bolintin on March 16, sending out patrols to take Cotroceni and Colentina.At Bolintin, Vladimirescu issued his appeal to Bucharesters, informing them that they had nothing to fear once they took up his cause, the cause "of Christendom".He disavowed the exiled boyars, accusing them of having made common cause with the Phanariotes.