Later in 1629, Emperor Ferdinand II sent a Landsknecht army to besiege Mantua. He was in Pavia to serve as captain of the Landsknecht regiment. The peasant armies were organized in bands ('), similar to the "landsknecht". The "Landsknecht" often assumed the multi-coloured and striped clothing of the Swiss. This is considered to be the first Landsknecht army to be raised in Germany. The landsknecht rumoured a Ditmarsian had slain von der Lieth and fled. The princes had great difficulties in recruiting Landsknecht mercenaries. The Landsknecht regiments first installed "Feldwaibel" to keep the men at line at the battlefield. In 1511 the Landsknecht, commanded by Matteo Schinner, sacked Rho during their descent in Italy.