-Year 1618-
from July to December
During the summer months in London a treaty was signed between representatives of Saxony and Netherlands. With that treaty Maurits of Nassau agreed to give his provinces in Northern Germany to Saxony. Although the exact wording of that document is unknown some sources say that both Saxony and Netherlands got a rather large sum of money if they keep peace. This did not stop Dutch armies occupying states in Southern Germany. However, in spite of all that, King James I proved himself as a good host and diplomat.

Speaking of him, James I sent in July his armies to conquer the rest of the Ireland and in the end of September he was named King of Ireland. James I was not the only one who managed to add another title to himself. After Duke Charles Emmanuel I suddenly died French king Louis III also became the duke of Savoy. And this sparked the war with the Swiss...

Louis III saw Swiss rule in Franche-Comte as an insult. Although, there were some letters exchanged between each other it did not changed the situation and on the last days of July Louis III declared war on the Swiss Confederation. Army under general de Treville conquered easily Franche-Comte. Afraid of Spanish attack against France an old castle, Chateau Subotan, was repaired and modernized near Spanish Netherlands. Perhaps he was right but the threat did not come from north. General de Soto moved from the Portuguese border to Castille-Aquitaine one. In the same time Swiss continued their Milanese conquest and prepared another army in case French should try to invade their mountainous country.

In Scandinavia, Denmark, after securing Norway, decided to expand their territory more by moving into Novgorod region from north. This most likely will cause some tensions with the Tsar Mikhail who have to deal with another Scandinavian kingdom in his sphere of influence. Tsar had enjoyed the news from Germany where it was stated that Sweden had given it's provinces there to Saxony. Mikhail had thought that Swedish king was losing it's power but Danish incursion in Novgorod nullified all the good news from Germany.

When the Bohemian people revolted against Habsburg rule they never thought that their war will be that short. Bohemian and Imperial armies were ready to tear each other apart but then messengers came to announce truce that was signed few days ago. That treaty gave certain independence to Bohemia and Palatinate Elector Frederick V was named their King.

Having resolved this Bohemian issue Emperor Matthias had hoped that peace will be restored in the Holy Roman Empire but he was wrong. A war was declared by the Ottomans just few days after Austrian Habsburgs had signed peace with Bohemia. Imperial armies were immediately sent south to protect the only port Austria had. In the beginning Ottomans won a border battle against small Austrian army in Hungary but then everything fell apart. A cruel blade cut through Sultan Osman II throat in August just after he had started a campaign against Moldavia. This left their empire without a ruler for some months. The death of their Sultan must have reached to armies in west because General Tilly won 2 battles against small Ottoman armies in August and another Imperial army won battle in Hungary in late October. Those victories destroyed any opposition to Austrian forces in western Balkan and in the Adriatic coastal region. To make things even worse for the Ottomans, small province in Wallachia revolted against their rule and if left unchecked this could spread ideas of freedom even across the regional borders.

Common folks can only hope that these present wars don't get even larger....

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