Bertier quickly raised the issue: "Your Highness, there are currently only the Second Army, and parts of the First and Fifth Army in Baden, totaling about 70,000 men.
"This amount of troops is obviously insufficient if we want to conduct operations deep in enemy territory.
"Moreover, there are nearly 30,000 British Army and more than 40,000 troops from the Russian Kosakov Corps in Freiburg.
"They could launch an attack on Baden at any time, so Baden must keep some defensive forces. This will further reduce the troops we can deploy to central Germany."
Joseph nodded.
The commanders of the Anti-French Alliance must be acknowledged as smart, quickly adjusting their battle lines, avoiding prolonged engagements against French forces in Italy or Switzerland, thus playing with the timing.
