 The bishop's reeve in the southern Grisons, Benedikt Fontana, was forced to leave his seat on the "Fürstenburg" at Burgeis in the Vinschgau.He had called repeatedly to have strong troops sent to interfere with the preparations of the Habsburg army.The Three Leagues finally complied and assembled an army of about 6,300 men at Zuoz and marched to the Val Müstair.