ABSTRACT
Bernard had steadily kept in view an attack upon Ratisbon; but, on his return to Donauworth, he found that Horn had already departed with part of the army to lay siege to Constance. The middle of May, and probably earlier, the Bohemian malcontents were in communication with Nicolai, the Swedish resident at Dresden, as to the revived project of placing Wallenstein on the Bohemian throne; which, on being reported to Oxenstierna, received his general approval. When a decisive battle was supposed to be imminent between Wallenstein and Arnim, a fortnight’s truce was agreed upon between them, to the bitter disappointment of the Bohemians. At Vienna the indignation aroused against Wallenstein by his retreat had passed all bounds. The main demand of saxony—the cession of Lusatia in compensation for the aid afforded to the Emperor during the Bohemian troubles—was granted under certain conditions of reversion which long remained without practical significance.
