The Boy Allies books were published under the pen-names of "Ensign Robert L. Drake" and "Clair W. Hayes." These stories have strong characters and amazing action adventure episodes making them a thrilling read for young boys. The series includes: At Jutland, At Liege, At Verdun, Balkan Campaign, Firing Line, Great Peril, Trenches, Uncle Sams Cruisers, Under the Sea, Under Two Flags, Victorious Fleets, and With Haig in Flanders. The Boy Allies with Haig in Flanders Or, the Fighting Canadians of Vimy Ridge begins, "The rain fell in torrents over the great battlefield, as Hal Paine and Chester Crawford, taking advantage of the inky blackness of the night, crept from the shelter of the American trenches that faced the enemy across "No Man's Land." In the trenches themselves all was silence. To a spectator it would have seemed that the occupants were, either dead or asleep; yet such was not the case."