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ARMY OF THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY AND OF HIS ALLIES
War cry: St. Polo (St. Paul)
Firth Squadron
Arrighetto with three thousand barons and knights
Ensign: a black eagle on a field of gold; on the shield a maiden with a palm
in her hand
Second Squadron
A nephew of the King of Hungary with five thousand Hungarians
Ensign: lilies of gold upon an azure ground with white and crimson bands
Third Squadron
The King of Bohemia with seimila knights
Ensign: un leone bianco con due code in campo vermiglio
Fourth Squadron
The Seri of the Lippe Duke of Austria with seven thousand knights
Ensign: a two-headed white eagle on a red ground with white spots, and a
white mountain on an azure field with a sword set in the hill aforesaid.
Fifth Squadron
Count of Savoy and Count William of Luxemburg with three thousand five
hundred knights
Ensign: a brown bear on a yellow ground, and red and white quarterings
Sixth Squadron
Il patriarca di Aquileia with one thousand and four hundred counts and
barons and knights with golden spurs
Ensign: a mitre on a crimson ground between two white croziers
Seventh Squadron
The Emperor with four thousand Germans born to arms
Ensign: the ensign of Charlemagne, a tongue of flame upon a field of gold