Excerpt from The Day of the Saxon His is the second volume Of that work dealing with new phases Of military science as they affect national existence which has occupied my time for several years past. The first volume was The Valor of Ignorance; the third is not yet completed. I have many persons to thank for the interest they have Shown in the progress Of this volume, and I wish particularly to thank Sir John George T Olle mache Sinclair, Bart. Of Thurso Castle, who has been most kind in securing various data, etc., for me. This book has been written under numerous difficulties. Begun in America, parts were written upon every continent and every sea, being finally completed in Asia. Begun in profound peace, the. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.