Though the Prague Incident's impact was not exactly positive, the Austrian Empire had profited from it, purely in terms of gains.
Land deeds alone accounted for a quarter of all Bohemia. Add in the various businesses, shops, gold and silver, jewelry, antiques, and artworks, and even a conservative estimate put their value at five hundred million Florins.
How else could one say that murder and arson earned golden belts? How many people could look at such profits without being tempted?
Yet Franz had no intention of keeping it. He intended to return all that money to all of Bohemia.
For the Austrian Empire, this was a rare opportunity for development. Franz could carry out sweeping reforms and construction projects to his heart's content.
The broader world was busy with its own affairs, and it was quite nice for everyone to leave one another alone.
The aftershocks in Bohemia had barely subsided when another event shocked all of Europe.
In a completely one-on-one contest, the British chose to sue for peace.
In truth, from the moment Trenton fell, Britain's defeat had been sealed. By comparison, the great victory at Pittsburgh seemed inconsequential.
The US Army forces Codrington's victory had eliminated were not enough to alter the course of the war, but Trenton's fall and William Roden's defeat had torn the British Army cleanly in two.
The British Army had organized several counteroffensives, but as expected, all had returned empty-handed.
The long-term attrition forced the British Army to shift from offense to defense. The US Army did not let this chance slip away; its relentless attacks left the British exhausted and scrambling from one crisis to another.
As the towns and forts of the Great Lakes Region fell one after another, Pittsburgh soon became an isolated city. The British put up a