Claim: In 1208–27, war parties of the different sides rampaged through Livonia, Latgalia, and other Estonian counties, but a truce between the war-weary sides, which proved generally more favourable to the Germans, was established for three years (1213–1215),
Evidence: In 1208–27, war parties of the different sides rampaged through Livonia, Latgalia, and other Estonian counties, with the Livs, Latgalians and Russians of the Republic of Novgorod serving variously as allies of both crusaders and Estonians. A truce between the war-weary sides was established for three years (1213–1215). It proved generally more favourable to the Germans, who consolidated their political position, while the Estonians were unable to develop their system of loose alliances into a centralised state.