What then was Peter to do? He must work on, increase his resources, and add to his experience.Continuing The Battle of Poltava,our selection from
Peter Advances Towards the Baltic Sea
Peter's conquests and newly founded cities disturbed Charles XII but little. "Let him build towns; there will be all the more for us to
The Czar of Russia Gets Serious
Ten armies may be destroyed, he will bring up ten others to replace them, no matter what the price.Continuing The Battle of Poltava,our selection
Last Viking Warrior
The arrival of Charles caused a panic, and from that panic Peter, the most impressionable of men, was the first to suffer.Continuing The Battle of
The Battle of Poltava
This series has eight easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Peter of Russia Turns Towards Sweden.IntroductionIn 1700 Sweden, like
Pommern Remains Disputed
This Second Exploit -- suggested or not by that prior one of Karl Gustav on the ice -- is still a thing to be remembered by Hohenzollerns and
Battle of Fehrbellin
Fehrbellin is an inconsiderable Town still standing in those peaty regions, some five-and-thirty miles northwest of Berlin, and had for ages plied its
Army Marches Over the Baltic Sea
In January, 1658, Karl Gustav marches his Army, horse, foot, and artillery, to the extent of Twenty thousand, across the Baltic ice, and takes an
The Great Elector Grows Prussia
This series has five easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Weak, Disunited Prussia.IntroductionWhen Frederick William came into