Peter the Great very nearly became a footnote in history when he was surrounded by an Ottoman army and their Swedish allies.

Latest chapter in our section Armies of the Balkans covers the army of medieval Bosnia.

This links in to an earlier feature article and army list I wrote for WAB. Plus a visit to the historical sights of Bosnia in 2006.

You can see these figures and many others at the Wappinshaw show in Glasgow on 19 June in the GDWS display game Stramash on the Struma.

Try our travel section for guides to the places of historical interest across the Balkans. If it is worth seeing - we have been there.

Reviews

In books  we have the latest Osprey cover our area, The Varangian Guard 988-1453. Usual Osprey format with a short history, details of their weaponry and of course excellent colour plates.

Plus we have Eclipse of the Crescent Moon by the Hungarian author Geza Gardonyi. This is the story of the siege of Eger, Hungary, in 1552. A small garrison successfully resisted a huge Ottoman army for nearly six weeks, forcing it to withdraw. The novel concentrates on the life of one of the Captains in the siege, Gergely Bournemissza. He takes us through his early life and the events of the period he was engaged with. This all culminates in the epic siege that is told in some detail. Excellent novel, well written and highly recommended.

The latest edition of The Foreign Correspondent gives us the Diary of a Russian Artilleryman in the Shipka Pass 1877. Really good insight into how artillery was deployed.

The latest addition is the War of the Spanish Succession

Then Mughal India. See a more detailed article in Wargames Illustrated.

and the latest addition - The Persians and the Sepoys

Recommended new fictional read: Empire of the Mughal by Alex Rutherford

Napoleon in Egypt the theme for Glasgow & District Wargaming Society's 2008 show display. This article gives an overview of the campaigns and the units. See the feature article in Wargames Illustrated.

South American Wars of Liberation. See the feature article in the August 07 edition of Wargames Illustrated.