A battle of giants between Johan Baner and the King of Poland
Our king had been on his way to relieve the siege of Lübbau at the head of our Yellow Brigade when he was ambushed by an Imperialist army under Michael Goes just north of Lübbau. Our king was surprised and unfortunately had no cavalry with him, nonetheless he won the battle after taking a great personal risk, using his Lifeguard of Horse as a cavalry unit to harass the enemy musketeers. Having relieved Lübbau, the last remaining settlement of the Duchy of Saxony, a faithful ally, we next secured a military access treaty, so that our king could march through the Duchy of Saxony into the area of Torgau and Dessau were our armies were gathering for an attack on Wallenstein's armies. Moreover, we could have greater freedom in sending armies towards Lübbau to protect the Saxon capital from further Imperialist attacks.
In the meantime, Kulm in Poland was captured by our general Moritz Pensen von Ecksadt after two successful battles against the armies of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in and around Kulm. The third significant battle took place when the King of Poland, Sigismund Wasa the Malevolent, besieged the town of Lissa defended by Gabriel Hansdotter. Our Army Marshal, Johan Baner, hastened over to Lissa with a relief force. At around Christmas of 1629 a battle of giants began between Johan Banner and the Polish King.
This episode covers the period from June 1629 to the end of that year.