The Forest of Swords: A Story of Paris and the Marne

FOREWORD

“The Forest of Swords,” while an independent story, based upon the World
War, continues the fortunes of John Scott, Philip Lannes, and their
friends who have appeared already in “The Guns of Europe.”  As was stated
in the first volume, the author was in Austria and Germany for a month
after the war began, and then went to England.  He saw the arrival of the
Emperor, Francis Joseph, in Vienna, the first striking event in the
gigantic struggle, and witnessed the mobilization of their armies by
three great nations.