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Title: The Guns of Europe

Author: Joseph A. Altsheler

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World War Series

THE GUNS OF EUROPE

by

JOSEPH A. ALTSHELER

Author of "The Guns of Bull Run", "The Texan Triumph", etc.

Illustrated by Charles Wrenn

D. Appleton and Company
New York and London
1915

* * * * *

THE CIVIL WAR SERIES

The Star of Gettysburg
The Guns of Bull Run
The Scouts of Stonewall
The Guns of Shiloh
The Sword of Antietam
The Rock of Chickamauga (In preparation)

THE WORLD WAR SERIES

The Guns of Europe
The Hosts of the Air
The Forest of Swords

THE YOUNG TRAILERS SERIES

The Young Trailers
The Riflemen of the Ohio
The Forest Runners
The Scouts of the Valley
The Free Rangers
The Border Watch

THE TEXAN SERIES

The Texan Star
The Texan Scouts
The Texan Triumph

Apache Gold
A Soldier of Manhattan
The Quest of the Four
The Sun of Saratoga
The Last of the Chiefs
A Herald of the West
In Circling Camps
The Wilderness Road
My Captive

* * * * *

[Illustration: "Their careering machine made but a single
target while they could fire into the pursuing mass."]

FOREWORD

"The Guns of Europe" is the first of three connected romances, of which
"The Forest of Swords" and "The Hosts of the Air" are to be respectively
the second and third, dealing with the world war in Europe.

It was the singular fortune of the author to be present at the beginning
of this, the most gigantic struggle in the history of our globe. He