 Meanwhile, the Sacred Band, under Ypsilantis, had also reached the area, and remained camped outside the city.The two armies "observed each other, without merging into one another; the fundamental contradiction of [their] alliance was becoming more and more apparent".The Eterists pressed on to be allowed entry into Bucharest, but Vladimirescu only offered them a deserted Ghica family manor in Colentina, outside city limits.