| AdminHistory | When the First World War was declared in August 1914, Pares offered his services as a Russian expert to the Foreign Office and set out for St Petersburg. Eventually the British Government gave him a commission. This was to live with the Russian Army at the front and deliver dispatches back to the British Embassy. Officially Pares was a stretcher-bearer in the Civil Red Cross with the Russian Third Army. Pares published a book on his experiences 'Day by day with the Russian army' (London: Constable, 1915) and remained with the army until early 1917 when news of the Russian Revolution reached him. He then made his way to St Petersburg. |