 They were joined by other counts and nobles, each with their own military households of trained cavalry and infantrymen.The majority of the Saxon army was made of the select levy, whose equipment and training were suited to fighting in an infantry phalanx.Once mobilized, the Saxon army marched on Lenzen in late August and after arriving at the fortress on 30 August, followed the Roman tradition of Vegetius by establishing a fortified encampment and posting guards and a reconnaissance screen of cavalrymen.