Near Mersivan, two days after the defeat of Conrad the constable, Anselm the archbishop of Milan foretold a great battle and preached a sermon, giving absolution and indugence to all, in the name of the holy relics they had with them. The army prepared for this crisis in five divisions. The first consisted of Stephen, count of Burgundy and his men. The second was Raymond of Toulouse with his Provençal and Byzantine troops. Conrad, constable of the western emperor Henry III, led all the German troops, making up the third division. Engelrand, bishop of Laon, Milo of Bray, Guy of Rochefort (with the red hair), Hugh Bardolf of Broyes and Walbert, castellan of Laon led the combined French troops in the fourth division. The fifth division was the Lombard crusaders, who were most numerous, and fought in the van. Their leaders were Anselm of Milan, Albert of Biandrate and his brother Guido and nephew Otto Altaspata, Hugo of Montbeel and Albert (Guibert), count of Parma