Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Spain, mukati mekuputika kwokuvimba pashure pokukunda kwayo kukuru kusingatarisirwi pa
Nordlingen muna 1634, akaita zvirongwa zvekuita mabasa makuru muGermany kupedza hondo inopesana nevaPurotesitendi ikoko uye muNetherlands; zvirongwa izvi zvaisanganisira Thomas achitungamirira uto muWestphalia, pasi pekutungamira kwakazara kwaCardinal-Infante Ferdinand, munun'una waPhilip IV. Hapana chakabuda apa, asi muna 1635, apo France yakazivisa hondo kuSpain (hondo yeFranco-Spanish ya1635-59), Thomas akashanda pasi paFerdinand muSpanish Netherlands: akapiwa kutungamirira uto duku (rakapiwa zvakasiyana-siyana se8,500 kana 13,000) rakatumirwa kuzorwisa mauto eFrance akanga afambira mberi kupinda muLuxembourg, mirairo yake ingava yokuvatevera kana kuvadzivisa kubatana neuto reDutch. Pana 22 May 1635 paLes Avins, kumaodzanyemba kweHuy, mune yaimbova bhishopu weLiège, akakundwa neuto reFrance raitungamirirwa naBreezé naChatillon. Akakwanisa kuunganidza vakanga vasara paNamur, ipapo akadzokera shure pamberi pemasimba echiFrench neechiDutch akanga ari makuru nenhamba; uye zvimwe akashanda neboka raFerdinand kwasara hondo. Pakupera kwegore racho, Charles IV, Duke weLorraine akanga apotera akasvika muBrussels akasangana naThomas; vangave vakaumba dare rakabatana, uye Thomas zvirokwazvo akapinda mumakwikwi akarongwa naDuke. (Mune iyi hondo yeFrance neSpain, Piedmont yakanyengerwa mukurwa pamwe chete nemaFrench, kunyange zvazvo pakutanga yakadzivisa kuzivisa hondo yakazara; nokudaro, Thomas akanga achirwisana nenyika yake pachake.)