Oh, they act so innocent, with their clocks and their cheese, but they’re big into invasions as well.

What began as a routine training exercise almost ended in an embarrassing diplomatic incident after a company of Swiss soldiers got lost at night and marched into neighboring Liechtenstein.

According to Swiss daily Blick, the 170 infantry soldiers wandered just over a mile across an unmarked border into the tiny principality early Thursday before realizing their mistake and turning back.

A spokesman for the Swiss army confirmed the story but said that there were unlikely to be any serious repercussions for the mistaken invasion.

Rumours that the exact wording the spokesman used included “yeah, but what are they gonna do about it” are unconfirmed.

People, you have been warned. The Swiss are on their way; they’re just testing the waters now, but they’re on the way. The days of harmless bicycle infantry are gone…