In the Balkans, the Turks may have been slightly old-fashioned but their Janissary armies were no laughing matter for anyone facing them, even if they could be beaten.

• 在巴尔干，奥斯曼土耳其已经成了一个有些“过气”的国家，但他们的‘新军’,即使能够被打败，也会是一件吃力的事。