Capt. John Smith’s Combats as described in The True Travels
Compiled by Edward Wright Haile
(1) In early spring (1602)
(2) In the land of Zarkam among rocky mountains
(3) City in the Plains of Regall occupied by Turks
(4) Environed with mountains making passages to it difficult
(5) Approach through a narrow valley between two mountains
(6) Six days for 6000 pioneers to bring ordnance through the pass
(7) Sconce forts in the passage
(8) Moses Szekely (Zachel Moyses) in command of 8000 in the forces of Henry Volda, Earl of Meldritch.
(9) Turks in a strong fortress on a fair promontory, perhaps in the city
(10) On one side of the fortress an “un-useful” mountain, on the other a fair plain
(11) Besieged fortress breached by ordnance and taken by storm
(12) Following his victory, Moses Szekely proceeds to sack Veratio (Varatzo), Solmos, and Kupronka
(13) He then comes to Esenberg, not far the prince’s palace
“… into the Land of Zarkam among those rockie mountains”
— Capt. John Smith, True Travels
“The plains of Regall” (Probably Alba Iulia, where Romanian princes formerly had their residences.)