Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Spain, n'oge ọgbụgba nke obi ike mgbe nnukwu mmeri ya na-atụghị anya ya na
Nordlingen na 1634, mere atụmatụ maka nnukwu ọrụ na Germany iji kwụsị agha megide ndị Protestant ebe ahụ na Netherlands; atụmatụ ndị a gụnyere Thomas na-edu ndị agha na Westphalia, n'okpuru iwu zuru oke nke Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand, nwanne Philip nke anọ. Ọ dịghị ihe si na nke a pụta, mana na 1635, mgbe France kwupụtara agha megide Spain (agha Franco-Spanish nke 1635-59), Thomas jere ozi n'okpuru Ferdinand na Spanish Netherlands: e nyere ya iwu nke obere ndị agha (nke dị iche iche dị ka 8,500 ma ọ bụ 13,000) zigara megide ndị agha France ndị gbagoro na Luxembourg, iwu ya bụ ka ha debe ha ma ọ bụ gbochie ha isonyere ndị agha Dutch. Na May 22, 1635 na Les Avins, na ndịda Huy, n'ebe bụ mgbe ahụ bishopric nke Liège, ndị agha France nke Breezé na Chatillon duziri meriri ya. O jisiri ike kpọkọta ndị fọdụrụnụ na Namur, ma laghachi azụ n'ihu ndị agha France na ndị agha Netherlands, bụ́ ndị ọnụ ọgụgụ ha ka nke ndị agha France; ma eleghị anya, o so Ferdinand jee ozi n'oge fọdụrụnụ n'agha ahụ. Na ngwụcha afọ ahụ, onye gbara ọsọ ndụ Charles nke anọ, Duke nke Lorraine rutere Brussels wee zute Thomas; ha nwere ike mepụta ụlọ ikpe jikọtara ọnụ, Thomas sonyekwara n'egwuregwu ndị Duke haziri. (Na agha a nke Franco-Spanish, a dọbara Piedmont n'ọchịchọ na-alụ ọgụ n'akụkụ ndị France, ọ bụ ezie na na mbụ ọ zere nkwupụta agha zuru oke; n'ihi ya, Thomas na-alụ ọgụ megide ala nna ya.)