Here are some links to English battles, courtesy of Olidogg from illmitch dot com:

http://www.insanetrain.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=7
http://confusionforums.com/phpbb/index.php
http://www.trshady.com/phpbb2/viewforum.php?f=26

haven't checked out any of them yet, i'm in two Russian battles already and another starts Feb 12th. will join you anyway if you pick up a good fight there