He had 100,000 men among the Lusatian hills between Bautzen and Zittau.

St.Cyr's corps was strongly posted at Pirna and the small fortress of Koenigstein, while his light troops watched the passes north of Teplitz and Karlsbad.

If the allies sought to invade Saxony, they would, so Napoleon thought, try to force the Zittau road, which presented few natural difficulties.

If they threatened Dresden by the passages further west, Vandamme would march from near Zittau to reinforce St.Cyr, or, if need be, the Emperor himself would hurry back from Silesia with his Guards.

If the enemy invaded Bavaria, Napoleon wished them _bon voyage_: they would soon come back faster than they went; for, in that case, he would pour his columns down from Zittau towards Prague and Vienna.