In Haig's Shadow

This collection of correspondence and newly discovered family papers is “ a good read for anyone interested in WWI, or the British Army” ( The NYMAS Review ).   Hugo De Pree was the nephew of the better-known Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig. However, De Pree had a distinguished military career in his own right. He served in the Boer War. He was sent to the Western Front, as Chief of Staff of IV Corps, and played a key part in planning the Battle of Cambrai in 1917.   In 1918 De Pree was