The war against the Army of Vosges under Giuseppe Garibaldi led to several smaller skirmishes, as the untrained and inconsistent French volunteers avoided facing a closed unit of German troops in open battle. Places with noteworthy battles were Raon l'Etape, Nompatelize, St. Die, Etuz am Oignon, Pasques near Dijon, and united with the brigade of Prince Wilhelm von Baden, at Nuits against the division of the French general Camille Crémer. There he took part in the Battle of Villersexel and was then able to successfully break away together with the other German units and march on Belfort and get a head start of two days in which a defensive position was built on the Lisaine.