... OUT for the DAY in the CAR. A New Series for the London Motorist: Day Tours of from 100 to 150 Miles which will Show the Countryside in a New and Delightful Fashion (No. XI)-A JOURNEY NORTH Itinerary. Epping Forest Bishop's Stortford, Clavering, Heydon, Buntingfordr hert/ord, Little Berkhampstead, Barnet, London. 115 miles return. This is, pre-eminently, a tour that displays the tidiness of ...

... OUT for the DAY in the CAR. A New Series for the London Motorist: Day Tours of from 100 to 150 Miles which will Show the Countryside in a New and Delightful Fashion (No. Ill) A RUN INTO UNKNOWN ESSEX ITINERARY. Epping, Chelmsford Maldon, Mer- sea, Dunmow, Bishop's Stortford, Hertford, London. 155 miles return (omitting Mersea, 145). Dotted lines on sketch-map show main roads to shorten route ...

... Jt is now generally known throughout Finland that, whether or no Germany wins the war against Russia, the Finns have quite definitely lost it. Yet the country is still in a very stubborn mood, despite M. Paasikivi's recent negotiations with the Soviet and this stubbornness arises mainly from territorial considerations. Finland is greater than most people in this country realise it is 700 miles ...

... iThe GERMAN THRUST Ito FRANCE How the Initial Attack Burst Through the rdennes THE ARDENNE GATE WHICH WAS LEFT OPEN 'The concentration of such a huge mass of tanks as the Germans A assembled in the forest country or the Belgian Ardennes was a puzzle to military critics. A study of the bird's-eye view, maps and views given here will show the nature of the country. It seems a territory in which ...

... The Trans-Canada and Alaskan Highways The Construction of which are Strategic Achievements of the First Importance. Described by EWING GRIFFITHS EARLY in December the 1,600-mile Alaskan High way, now known as the Alcan Highway, will open for traffic. Its northern terminal, Fairbanks, is within easy flying distance of Russian territory, across the other side of the Bering Straits (which are ...

... America's South is Still Sunny Though Political and Economic Difficulties Continue to Abound By NELSON SPRINGER A SHORT while ago I had occasion to write an article on the Sunny South. It was concerned with the economic condition of the south, which is admittedly bad. Most southerners with whom I have talked not only agree that this is so, but are even bitter about it. With a considerable ...

... The BATTLE for EGYPT The Huge New Areas which Confronted Rommel in his Advance Towards the Nile Basin A special Sphere Section, with diagrams and drawings of the new Battle Zones FOLLOWING on the fall of Tobruk on Sunday, June 21, Marshal Rommel's forces at once began their advance towards Mersa Matruh (which was abandoned by the 8th Army) and farther east. The Battle for Egypt had begun! But, ...

... The Central Point of the Chinese Rebellion. Some F@ninit£ of dhinese History Under ttlhe Manclhua Dynasfty The country is conquered by the eastern or Manchu Tartars, who establish the present reigning Tsing dynasty 1616-43 Tea brought to England 1660 An earthquake throughout China buries 300,000 persons at Pekin alone 1662 Galdan, a prince of Jangaria. conquers Kashgaria and becomes supreme in ...

... STRIKING MOVEMENTS IN THE WEST THE WESTERN ADVANCE The above map shows more precisely the ground covered by the recent successes of the French and British troops. The latest reports from the front show that the vic torious advance continues on the British front, besides the main thrust through the villages of Courcelette, Martinpuich, and Flers. Important advantages were gained in t lie ...

... i TRANSATLANTICS r iMimrn i TRANSATLANTICS 5 LIMITED i i i Private Tours by Highest Grade 3, 4 or 5 Seater Cars Landaulet or Limousine. Grouped Tours (ten persons only) by Landaulet type or Limousine Touring Cars. ALGERIA j TUNISIA MOROCCO THE SAHARA AND THE NIGER j 40 FAMOUS TRASS AT LANTIQUE HOTELS I AN ENGLISH CHRIS 1 MAS at the palatial Transatlantique Hotels at 1 j BISKRA or MARRAKESH j ...

... . THE EGYPTIAN BATTLE FRONT WHERE THE TURKS WERE REPULSED IN FEBRUARY, 1915, AND AGAIN ON AUGUST 3-4, WHEN THE SECOND ATTEMPT AT INVASION FAILED Special Sphere diagrcm The second big attack on the Suez Canal was launched by the Turks at midnight, August 3. The assault was carried out on the British positions near Romani and Katia to the east of Port Said, and about twenty three miles east of ...

... VON BOTHMER'S RETREAT Diagrams. GIVING GROUND IN GALICIA The great strategic event of the past week was Count von Bothmer's retreat from the advanced position which he had held so long on the Strypa, near Tarnopol. Von Bothmer's positions behind the river were very strong, and it is probable that General Brussilov did not press matters here. In the meantime the steady progress of Lechitski's ...