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Our spies have successfully infiltrated Prague!

Bohemian fleet is in Danzig, and their troops are about 20 to 25 thousand each.

We shall gather at Salzburg and Augsburg, the former our vassal, the latter's access granted us graciously by Bavaria.



A new cavalry troop composition is developed by Papal officers.

We incorporate Gallop Cavalry right away.



We send declaration of war against Brandenburg, and of course Bohemia protects its vassal.

Our Armies are lacking nearly 60k cavalry compared to Bohemia and its allies...



Unsurprisingly, the Bohemians beat our hides quite handsomely in first two battles!

We retreat to Salzburg, which mountainous landscape should help us defend against Emperor's hordes.



The battle of Salzburg is won!

Right afterwards, our spies incite desertions in Niederbayern and Sudety provinces, to drain Bohemian regiments a bit.



Commandant Xystus Bassano and Quartermaster Zosimus Sugaina will replace our Treasurer and Theologian.

Extra damage and faster replenishment of our troops might be crucial for our war effort.



Thanks to timely arrival of Duke of Tuscany's forces, we repel Bohemians once more at Salzburg.

The army camps in Veneto region are busily training new troops. Massed Bohemian cavalry is devastating against our ranks, and we should reply in kind.



The Emperor seems to realize that our stronghold at Salzburg is nigh-unconquerable as it stands now, and throwing troops at it results in mass casaulties. He asks for peace.

Pope Gregorius XV has ordered the Bohemian envoy, along with his assistants, to be thrown out of a window of the guesthouse they were staying at.



Ragusa, the Bohemian ally in Adriatic, capitulates to our demands.

In the same time, we use the occassion of Bohemians retreating to Prague, and expand our Armies by the Veneto regiments.



The changed composition of Papal Court, and new regiments bolstering our ranks, has persuaded Pope Gregorius XV to launched a new offensive.

We will strike at Niederbayern once more, this time with our troops better coordinated too.



Just before this battle, another gift to the state gets us 740 ducats! Venetian Tax Assessor is now under construction.

The battle itself ends in about 15k Bohemian casualties, and our return to Niederbayern.

Bohemian Emperor has tons of manpower to replenish his troops with, so this war is destined to be a meat grinder rather than quick conquest.



The assault of over 70k Papal and allied troops against breach in Niederbayern earns us this border fortress.



We capture Sudety province after a lengthy siege. Our vassals move into Ansbach, a Bohemian vassal.

As for us, well... what now? I have no idea. Prague and its neighbouring lands are swarming with Bohemian soldiers.



England successfully demands Gwynnedd from Bohemia, and our diplomats make a claim to Trentino.

Perhaps Bohemia is not as strong as we're led to believe.



Damn those French! Just after we win the bloody battle of Prague, they let Bohemians through Gorz (they had treaty with Austria for decades, btw).

This allowed the Emperor to march troops through Balkans into Treviso.



We bump the Bohemians to Tirol, and in its mountainous valley their Army is annihilated! Emperor Ruprecht escapes safely, though.

Our other troop is running for Liguria - the Genoese rebels sprung up there, trying to take land during our absence in Italy.



Sudety being nearly recaptured forced Pope Gregorius XV's hand, and he attacked Sandomierz-Brandenburg Army alone.

He only barely won, and after victory, pursued the enemy to Niederbayern. There, along with our other troop, annihilated the forces of these two Bohemian vassals!



This is the war's situation at the moment:

Our combined troops are besieging Prague itself, along with northernly Lusatian region.

Meanwhile, Bohemians and their vassals are running around, putting down rebellions.



In a stroke of terrible luck, we fail to support our vassals at Prague.

Bohemians pushed them out, but then we pushed Bohemians to Moravia.

The battle was won, and the pursuit cancelled to siege Prague once more.



Someone incited Parman rebels!

Our smaller troop will have to march all the way from Bohemia to deal with this uprising.



The damn rebels succeeded in taking Parma, and then went for Liguria.

We eradicated them from the face of the Earth, and then assaulted Parma.



We get a new General; Signor Garda replaces Clemens Flangini.

With 4 Maneuver points, he can chase down Bohemian vassals and Ligurian rebels with ease!

Our vassals are wreaking havoc in Brandenburg and Rugen, taking their provinces for us.



Prague itself falls into our hands!! This brings our warscore in this war to 66% already.

We should squeeze some more; perhaps taking Silesian provinces (Breslau, Ratibor) will get us even higher?



In a desperate bid to win the war, Bohemian Emperor takes all his troops previously engaged in Ukraine (slightly over 30 thousand), and strikes at our siege in Moravia.

But evidently Bohemian morale is broken; they die by thousands and we simply annihilate their army, without even chasing them around. Emperor's defeat is immiment.



Bohemian Emperor is forced to accept our humilitating terms. Silesia rises from ashes, and Bohemian Elector-vassals are freed from their bound.

Furthermore, we drain Bohemian treasury and have them give up claims to distant lands.

The late Pope Clemens XIX has been avenged! May he rest in peace!

When you do well, things go well.

So well that nobles of the Papal States give us money!




Unfortunately, Pope Paulus IV dies suddenly overnight.

Habemus Papam! Few more, and the name 'Clemens' will have more numbers than venerable 'Ioannus'.



Rather shockingly, and also overnight, Pope Clemens XIX becomes sick and bedridden.



Just look at the table of previous rulers!

Except Urbanus VIII, who was the Pope for 12 years, we had many short-reigning popes as of late.



Scotland, wishing to wipe out the British Sultanate, calls us to a war.

Turns out it will be easier than imagined; only Tunisia and Hausa are fighting on the vile Sultan's side.



With Government tech 30, we gain a casus belli against all of Italian states.

We also decide to get an idea that cuts down maintenance on ships.

We need to keep a big navy, and one that can fight at full strength without killing our economy in the same time.



Thanks to having gold mines in Lienz, we can push to implement a Gold Standard.

It cuts down inflation a bit, meaning we can mint more - and therefore, have more money!

All this gets us to 6.3 ducats per month!



Our naval reformer, Anterus Montfalcone, who worked for us for over 55 years, has died. We always get those long-lived ones, huh.

Pope Clemens XIX decides to hire a Theologian in his place.



Genoese rebels tear away Liguria and Parma from Greece and Netherlands respectively.

That is good for us; we can quickly move in to seize these provinces.

Liguria, with its centre of trade, is of utmost importance.



Liguria and Parma are ours!

Immediately our merchants flood Genoese markets to gain a monopoly there.

Soon enough, the Pope overcomes his terrible illness. All in Rome praise God for sparing our Pope from an untimely death.



Bah, those treacherous Cardinals!

Normandy is no-one and we can easily get back to Stability +3 in a year or two.



The old age of crusading, excommunications and holy wrath are over.

Well, we can still bash the heretics - if there were any important heretics to bash.



With this generous gift, we can finally afford building a Glorious Monument, giving us +1.0 cultural tradition per year!

It shall be created, of course, in Roma itself.



Of course, the art must not be viewed as sacriligious!

We sell the statue to those who love the cold marble.



The Papal emissary laughed in face of the Imperial envoy, who demanded Liguria back.

We have not handed away Friuli (or was it Istria?) to the Dutch, and we won't give away Genoa to the Bohemians either!



The Papal States are in midst of great reorganization and economic reform.

Just now Pope Clemens XIX has called for creation of a tax assessor.

Roma is heart of the States, but our economy thrives mostly thanks to Venezia - the Assessor will be built there.



These nobles, they do not understand!

It was by Clemens XIX's skill that we've gotten so far in past few years!



Pope Clemens XIX's foray into construction projects continues, thanks to all these newfound funds!

We're creating a March in Lienz; it's mountainous terrain is natural defense against invasions from the north, making this an obvious choice.



Shady people visit the Papal court at Roma, but we have no use for them.

We get 2 Spies each year, so all we need is time to replenish our ranks (who are busily working against Austrians in the Balkans).




Church bells announce the news, as the peoples of Rome and the Papal States grieve and wail out loud - a Brandenburgian visitor assassinates Pope Clemens XIX during the Sunday mass!

Habemus Papam! Pope Gregorius XV is a master of war, well suited for the future plans of the Papal States.

Brandenburg is a vassal of Bohemia, the Holy Roman Emperor himself. But Pope Gregorius XV swore that no man shall stop the holy vengeance we're about to unleash against Bohemia and its lackeys.

To arms, my holy brothers! To arms!!