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After 9 years of war across the continent, the Treaty of Nantes brought peace to the war-torn land; The Ottoman Empire and its allies were victorious over the Bourbon Union's coalition. With the Ottoman advance in 1737 finally forcing the Bourbon forces from their positions in the French Alps, the armies of the Sublime Porte had forced their way into the Bourbon heartland; this breakthrough allowing for the Ottomans and their allies to now concentrate more on their offensives in Iberia and Russia...

With growing success on their other fronts and the Bourbon army in retreat, the Ottoman army in northern Italy pursued them across the south of France, before finally catching up to their enemy at Avignon. The Bourbon armies regrouped on the western half of the Rhone outside Avignon, managing to reestablish a tactical defensive position against the Ottomans. The Ottoman army would proceed to assault Avignon with minimal resistance, following a max exodus in the wake of the retreating Bourbon force, after which the Ottoman commander, Grand Vizier Yeğen Mehmed Pasha, ordered the Ottoman army to withdraw from the battlefield. Instead of attacking against the Bourbon forces' prepared defense, the Ottoman army traveled south to raid the Bourbon countryside and threaten the port of Marseilles, forcing the Bourbon army to cross the Rhone once more to confront them.

At a similar time, the armies of Portugal, Morocco and the Ottoman Empire began a new offensive into Iberia, besieging Cordoba in the summer of 1737, while the Swedish and Polish armies stalled the Russian 'New Spring Offensive' at Smolensk, resulting in another stalemate between the armies of the north.

Following the attack on Marseilles by Ottoman forces in late 1737, Bourbon forces pursued their foe across the French countryside, eventually engaging them outside the town of Montbrun-les-Bains. Initially a minor skirmish between small raiding parties, the attack caused the Ottoman army to stop its march northwards and turn to face the Bourbon army arriving from the south. After an initial attack on the first day of battle, the Ottoman forces remained entrenched on one half of the valley, while the Bourbon army began to set up defenses on the other side. With the town located in between the two encampments, it would often become the location for a series of skirmishes and raids from the two forces, while artillery from both armies would trade shots at each other, inaccurate cannon fire landing in the town itself. Due to the strained supplies of the Bourbon forces, along with the Ottoman army being far into enemy territory, the two forces would eventually run out of cannon ammunition on the fifth day of the First Battle of Montbrun-les-Bains. Following this, the threat of winter, and its effects on a standing army, caused the Bourbon forces to pull back from the town and prepare for major assaults on the Ottomans in the Spring. Likewise, the Ottoman forces would occupy Montbrun-les-Bains and the surrounding areas for the winter, their plans to march north delayed until poor conditions cleared and fresh supplies arrived. By late January of 1738, the Ottomans had been resupplied and reinforced by the forces of Ottoman general Hafuz Mustafa Pasha, with the army preparing to march north once again, leaving only a token garrison in the town.

Eventually, Bourbon forces would retake the town from its occupiers in the Second Battle of Montbrun-les-Bains, but the garrison's delaying tactics allowed for the main Ottoman force to gain a weeks march over their enemies. The Ottoman forces would proceed to assault Valence and raid the local countryside, before its Bourbon pursuers, now joined by reinforcements sent from Iberia, caught up with their enemies. The following Battle of Valence would force the Ottoman forces from the settlement, yet it would not be the victory the Bourbons were chasing; the Ottoman retreat from Valence had them fall back to the west of the city, destroying the bridges throughout the city that straddled the Rhone. With the escape of the Ottoman forces from Valence, they used the delay that they had created to march further into the Bourbon heartland, with the hope that by threatening the city of Lyon, it would force the Bourbon's to divert even more of their forces away from their other fronts...

Following the Treaty of Tver in the spring of 1739, the Russian Empire dropped out of the war, coalition forces had pushed the main Russian army back to the Volga River and were now less than 90 miles from Moscow. Seizing land from the Russian Empire, the Swedish, Polish, and Ottoman armies of the east turned westward, preparing to reinforce their allies in the war against the Bourbons and the remnants of their alliance. However, before the eastern forces arrived to join the fight against the Bourbons, the war would come to an end. In the fall of 1739, an armistice was signed, known as the Treaty of Nantes, in which the remaining allies; the Bourbon Union, the Papacy, the Kingdom of Denmark, and the myriad North Italian states, would be forced to surrender territory and other concessions to the Ottoman coalition.

The Bourbon Union lost its territory in Iberia, with the reformation of the Kingdom of Spain under the Portuguese Royal House of Braganza, while the southern half of the peninsula was claimed by the Kingdom of Morocco, returning an Islamic Kingdom to the Iberian peninsula after an almost 250 year interlude. Likewise, the Bourbon's Mediterranean possessions were surrendered, with the islands of Sardinia and Sicily claimed by the Ottoman Empire, while the Kingdom of Naples was liberated from the Union.

Additionally, the North Italian states were consumed by the expanding Ottomans, while the Papacy lost land in the north to the Sublime Porte. In this, the Ottoman frontier was pushed ever further into central Europe, a significant foothold in Italy now solidified. In Scandinavia, the Kingdom of Sweden expanded its domain through the conquest of Norway and Western Russia, while its Polish subject also gained land following the Russian defeat.

In the aftermath of the war, the Bourbon Union's power was broken, having lost over half its territory, while its allies against the Ottomans had been hamstrung by the treaty. Though the peace was signed, many scholars claim that this is not the end of the Ottoman wars of expansion into Europe...

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After 9 years of war across the continent, the Treaty of Nantes brought peace to the war-torn land; The Ottoman Empire and its allies were victorious over the Bourbon Union's coalition. With the Ottoman advance in 1737 finally forcing the Bourbon forces from their positions in the French Alps, the armies of the Sublime Porte had forced their way into the Bourbon heartland; this breakthrough allowing for the Ottomans and their allies to now concentrate more on their offensives in Iberia and Russia...

With growing success on their other fronts and the Bourbon army in retreat, the Ottoman army in northern Italy pursued them across the south of France, before finally catching up to their enemy at Avignon. The Bourbon armies regrouped on the western half of the Rhone outside Avignon, managing to reestablish a tactical defensive position against the Ottomans. The Ottoman army would proceed to assault Avignon with minimal resistance, following a max exodus in the wake of the retreating Bourbon force, after which the Ottoman commander, Grand Vizier Yeğen Mehmed Pasha, ordered the Ottoman army to withdraw from the battlefield. Instead of attacking against the Bourbon forces' prepared defense, the Ottoman army traveled south to raid the Bourbon countryside and threaten the port of Marseilles, forcing the Bourbon army to cross the Rhone once more to confront them.

At a similar time, the armies of Portugal, Morocco and the Ottoman Empire began a new offensive into Iberia, besieging Cordoba in the summer of 1737, while the Swedish and Polish armies stalled the Russian 'New Spring Offensive' at Smolensk, resulting in another stalemate between the armies of the north.

Following the attack on Marseilles by Ottoman forces in late 1737, Bourbon forces pursued their foe across the French countryside, eventually engaging them outside the town of Montbrun-les-Bains. Initially a minor skirmish between small raiding parties, the attack caused the Ottoman army to stop its march northwards and turn to face the Bourbon army arriving from the south. After an initial attack on the first day of battle, the Ottoman forces remained entrenched on one half of the valley, while the Bourbon army began to set up defenses on the other side. With the town located in between the two encampments, it would often become the location for a series of skirmishes and raids from the two forces, while artillery from both armies would trade shots at each other, inaccurate cannon fire landing in the town itself. Due to the strained supplies of the Bourbon forces, along with the Ottoman army being far into enemy territory, the two forces would eventually run out of cannon ammunition on the fifth day of the First Battle of Montbrun-les-Bains. Following this, the threat of winter, and its effects on a standing army, caused the Bourbon forces to pull back from the town and prepare for major assaults on the Ottomans in the Spring. Likewise, the Ottoman forces would occupy Montbrun-les-Bains and the surrounding areas for the winter, their plans to march north delayed until poor conditions cleared and fresh supplies arrived. By late January of 1738, the Ottomans had been resupplied and reinforced by the forces of Ottoman general Hafuz Mustafa Pasha, with the army preparing to march north once again, leaving only a token garrison in the town.

Eventually, Bourbon forces would retake the town from its occupiers in the Second Battle of Montbrun-les-Bains, but the garrison's delaying tactics allowed for the main Ottoman force to gain a weeks march over their enemies. The Ottoman forces would proceed to assault Valence and raid the local countryside, before its Bourbon pursuers, now joined by reinforcements sent from Iberia, caught up with their enemies. The following Battle of Valence would force the Ottoman forces from the settlement, yet it would not be the victory the Bourbons were chasing; the Ottoman retreat from Valence had them fall back to the west of the city, destroying the bridges throughout the city that straddled the Rhone. With the escape of the Ottoman forces from Valence, they used the delay that they had created to march further into the Bourbon heartland, with the hope that by threatening the city of Lyon, it would force the Bourbon's to divert even more of their forces away from their other fronts...

Following the Treaty of Tver in the spring of 1739, the Russian Empire dropped out of the war, coalition forces had pushed the main Russian army back to the Volga River and were now less than 90 miles from Moscow. Seizing land from the Russian Empire, the Swedish, Polish, and Ottoman armies of the east turned westward, preparing to reinforce their allies in the war against the Bourbons and the remnants of their alliance. However, before the eastern forces arrived to join the fight against the Bourbons, the war would come to an end. In the fall of 1739, an armistice was signed, known as the Treaty of Nantes, in which the remaining allies; the Bourbon Union, the Papacy, the Kingdom of Denmark, and the myriad North Italian states, would be forced to surrender territory and other concessions to the Ottoman coalition.

The Bourbon Union lost its territory in Iberia, with the reformation of the Kingdom of Spain under the Portuguese Royal House of Braganza, while the southern half of the peninsula was claimed by the Kingdom of Morocco, returning an Islamic Kingdom to the Iberian peninsula after an almost 250 year interlude. Likewise, the Bourbon's Mediterranean possessions were surrendered, with the islands of Sardinia and Sicily claimed by the Ottoman Empire, while the Kingdom of Naples was liberated from the Union.

Additionally, the North Italian states were consumed by the expanding Ottomans, while the Papacy lost land in the north to the Sublime Porte. In this, the Ottoman frontier was pushed ever further into central Europe, a significant foothold in Italy now solidified. In Scandinavia, the Kingdom of Sweden expanded its domain through the conquest of Norway and Western Russia, while its Polish subject also gained land following the Russian defeat.

In the aftermath of the war, the Bourbon Union's power was broken, having lost over half its territory, while its allies against the Ottomans had been hamstrung by the treaty. Though the peace was signed, many scholars claim that this is not the end of the Ottoman wars of expansion into Europe...