| clgo:strength | - 16,000
- (including 4,000 cavalry)
- 8,000 Infantry
- ref|Bartolomeo Morone (1392–1461) maintains that Carmagnola and Angelo della Pergola moved to Bellinzona with 16,000 men (might include campfollowers) including 4-5,000 cavalry. An account of the fortress-governor of Bellinzona, from 27. November 1478, however maintains that the total strength of Carmagnola and Angelo della Pergola was 4,000 cavalry and 4,000 infantry, including 500 Genoese crossbowmen. link text p. 54|group=nb
- ref| Both Andreas Billius (+1435) text link p. 142 and Flavius Blondus (1392-1463) text link p. 400 maintain that the Swiss mustered 8,000 men (might include campfollowers) but that around half rushed ahead by a day to plunder the valleys, and what is known from the White Book of Sarnen text link pp. 69-71 together with the Chronik der Stadt Zürich 1420-1477 link text p. 189 and the Rötteler Chronik link text pp. 179-180 is that indeed on the day of battle the continingent of Zug arrived later on the battlefield while that of Schwyz was still behind and never arrived. The Rötteler Chronik does however describe the mobilisation of Uri, Lucerne, Unterwalden and Zug as \"very strong\".|group=nb
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