Because Bern and Zürich had been preparing the war for a long time, they seized the offensive. Bern opened the first war phase on 26 April, when its first troops crossed the river Aar at Stilli, to support Zürich with the occupation of Thurgau and the assault on the abbatial lands. In mid-May, about 3000 Zürichers, 2000 Bernese, 2000 Toggenburgers and 1800 Protestant Thurgauers marched into the Princely Lands and first hit upon the abbatial city of Wil, that fell on 22 May after a short siege. The allies then pushed forward to St. Gallen and occupied the Abbey of Saint Gall and the Vogtei Rheintal. The abbot fled to Neuravensburg, a lordship north of Lake Constance that the abbey had acquired in 1699. The five Catholic cantons did occupy Rapperswil, but initially left the abbot without any support. In concordance with contemporaneous laws of war, the abbey and its goods were put an under a military governance and the chattel and riches were abducted to Bern and Zürich.

Question: How many total people hit upon the abbatial city of Wil?
Answer: 8800

Question: How many more Bernese marched into the Princely Lands than Protestant Thurgauers ?
Answer: 200

Question: How many cities were preparing for war?
Answer: 2

Question: Who went to war first, Bern or Zürich?
Answer: Bern

Question: Who had more troops, Zürich or the Toggenburgers?
Answer: Zürich

Question: How many more troops came from Zürich than Bernese troops?
Answer: 1000

Question: Where did the armies go first, Wil, or St. Gallen?
Answer: Wil

Question: How many places were occupied in St. Gallen?
Answer: 2

Question: How many total combined Zürichers, Bernese, Toggenburgers, and Protestant Thurgauers marched into the Princely Lands to the city of Wil?
Answer: 8800

Question: How many men did the mid-May march consist of?
Answer: 8800

Question: Which event happened first, Bern opening the first war phase or the occupation of Rapperswil?
Answer: Bern opened the first war

Question: Which event happened first the occupation of Rapperswil or the abbot fleeing to Neuravensburg?
Answer: The abbot fled to Neuravensburg

Question: Which event happened first, the occupation of Rapperswil or the military governance being applied?
Answer: occupy Rapperswil

Question: Which event happened first, the Catholic Cantons occupying Rapperswil, or them leaving the abbot?
Answer: left the abbot

Question: What happened after May 22?
Answer: pushed forward to St. Gallen

Question: What were Bern and Zurich working on together?
Answer: preparing the war

Question: How many days between April 26 and May 22?
Answer: 26

Question: Did more Toggenburgers or Protestant Thurgauers march together?
Answer: Toggenburgers

Question: How many more Bernese soldiers marched to the Princely Lands than Protestant Thurgauers?
Answer: 200

Question: How many more Zurichers marched to the Princely Lands than Bernese?
Answer: 1000

Question: Which two groups were equally represented in the attack on the Princely Lands?
Answer: Bernese, Toggenburgers

Question: Were there more Zurichers and Protestant Thuraguers or Bernese and Toggenburgers in the march to the Princely Lands?
Answer: Zurichers and Protestant Thuraguers

Question: How many locations did the army occupy in St. Gallen?
Answer: 2

Question: Who all did the march into the Princely Lands consist of?
Answer: Zürichers, Bernese, Toggenburgers, Protestant Thurgauers

Question: Which were there more of marching into the Princely Lands, Protestant Thurgauers or Bernese?
Answer: Bernese

Question: How many in total marched into the Princely Lands in mid-May?
Answer: 8800

Question: Where did the allies go to first, St. Gallen or the city of Wil?
Answer: city of Wil