Book II.

State of the Empire. -- Of Europe. -- Mansfeld. -- Christian, Duke of Brunswick. -- Wallenstein raises an Imperial Army at his own expense. -- The King of Denmark defeated. -- Death of Mansfeld. -- Edict of Restitution in 1628. -- Diet at Ratisbon. -- Negociations. -- Wallenstein deprived of the Command. -- Gustavus Adolphus. -- Swedish Army. -- Gustavus Adolphus takes his leave of the States at Stockholm. -- Invasion by the Swedes. -- Their progress in Germany. -- Count Tilly takes the Command of the Imperial Troops. -- Treaty with France. -- Congress at Leipzig. -- Siege and cruel fate of Magdeburg. -- Firmness of the Landgrave of Cassel. -- Junction of the Saxons with the Swedes. -- Battle of Leipzig. -- Consequences of that Victory.