Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, British soldier and senior commander mb-code UKD3181INP The author describes the bird

The author describes the bird within the text: "This elegant bird

An astrologer casting a horoscope

17th October 1805

This relates to the serious famine blighting the lives of the inhabitants of Bengal and Behar

View of the Ratcliffe area

Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, British soldier and senior commander mb-code UKD3181INP The author describes the birdField Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, British soldier and senior commander, c1920. Haig (1861 1928) was British commander during WWI. Illustration from The Illustrated War Record of the Most Notable Episodes in the Great European War 1914 1918, seventh edition, (The Swarthmore Press Ltd, London, c1920).