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THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR: WEEK BY WEEK: THE OPENING OF THE WHITE TOWER

... THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR I THE OPENING OF THE WHITE TOWER Certain portions of the White Tower, or Keep, of the Tower of London, not hitherto open to the general public within recent decades, have now been thrown open to visitors, and one can inspect on any day during the public hours such interesting portions as the sub-crypt and the famous dungeon of the Little Ease. One could always visit the ...

Published: Saturday 22 April 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 817 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Photographs 

WHAT L 15 REVEALED: A Record of Development in the Stern and Steering Gear of Count Zeppelin's Airships

... WHAT L 15 REVEALED A Record of Development in the Stern and Steering Gear of Count Zeppelin's Airships. 1 FORM I. The Stern of One of Count Zeppelin's Earliest Dirigibles at Friedrichshafen There was a fairly large main rudder affixed to the stern boss of the Zeppelin's hull. This was hinged down the middle. There were also lateral planes to left and right. The elevating planes can be seen ...

Published: Saturday 22 April 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 414 | Page: Page 6, 7 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

DECORATING FRENCH SOLDIERS FOR BRAVERY IN ACTION: A Scene Behind the Fighting Line in France

... DECORATING FRENCH SOLDIERS FOR BRAVERY tt ACTION A Scene Behind the Fighting Line in France. A WAR REVIEW IN A VILLAGE BEHIND THE WESTERN FIRING LINE-THE COMMANDER AW1 S THE DECORATIONS TO THE SOLDIERS WHO HAVE DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES IN ACTION French official photographic record, 1916 p The above illustration, which shows an incident of absorbing interest to the regiments behind the French ...

Published: Saturday 22 April 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 119 | Page: Page 16, 17 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

BRITISH RED CROSS WORK in FRANCE: The No. 1 Hospital (The Duchess of Westminster's) at Work: BRITISH RED CROSS ..

... BRITISH RED CROSS WORK in FRANCE The No. 1 Hospital (The Duchess of Westminster's) at Work. BRITISH RED CROSS WORK IN FRANCE A Record of Devoted Service Thanks to the magnificent generosity of the public and to the devoted labour of a great number of voluntary workers, the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St. John of Jerusalem have been able to undertake activities of unprecedented ...

Published: Saturday 22 April 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1123 | Page: Page 18, 19 | Tags: Photographs 

Mr. Martin Harvey's Tercentenary Production of Hamlet

... Mr. Martin Harvey's performances of Shakspere for the Tercentenary celebrations in London promise to be of exceptional interest. The profits of the performances are to be given to the funds of the Red Cross Society, and Mr. Harvey is receiving the active support of that body in his forthcoming productions. An influential honorary committee has already been formed for this series of Shaksperean ...

Published: Saturday 22 April 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 258 | Page: Page 32 | Tags: Photographs 

FOKKERS and FARMANS in ACTION: Special Sphere Diagrams: CLOUDY AND CLEAR WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE WORK BY OUR ..

... FOKKERS and FARMANS in ACTION Diagrams. CLOUDY AND CLEAR WEATHER RECON NAISSANCE WORK BY OUR AVIATORS AT THE FRONT In Clear Weather Reconnaissance The tactics employed in air fighting have no stereotyped rules, and are in many cases worked out and followed in a hundred different ways by as many individual pilots, but in the above diagram we show what a difference a cloudy sky makes to the ...

Published: Saturday 22 April 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 660 | Page: Page 12 | Tags: Photographs 

A BATTLE to the DEATH off the FARÖE ISLANDS: The Combat in which Both the Alcantara and the Greif were Sunk

... A BATTLE to the DEATH off the FAROE ISLANDS. I The Combat in which Both the Alcantara and the Greif were Sunk THE NEW NAVY AT WORK-THE ALCANTARA SINKS THE GREIF OFF THE FAROE ISLANDS DRAWN FROM MATERIAL SUPPLIED BY G. H. DAVIS Cobvriahte.d in the. U.K. A. A very Interesting affair took place in the North Sea some weeks ago, and was recently made public by the Admiralty. An armed German ...

Published: Saturday 22 April 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 391 | Page: Page 21 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

IN THE PETROL WORLD

... By Mo Fo MesinniOo A TRIBUTE TO FRANCE An appeal on behalf of the French Red Cross Society is made in my notes this week. British motorists have already given generous help, but the terrific fighting around Verdun has put a great strain on the resources of the French ambulance service. More drivers and cars are urgently needed, and I trust the appeal will be well supported. Verdun in future ...

Published: Saturday 22 April 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 540 | Page: Page 30 | Tags: Photographs 

Mr. Martin Harvey's Tercentenary Production of Hamlet

... Mr. Martin Harvey's Tercentenary Production of Hamlet. THE GRAVEYARD SCENE IN MR. HARVEY'S NEW PRODUCTION OF 44 HAMLET --MR. MARTIN HARVEY AS HAMLET Mr. Martin Harvey's performances of Shakspere for the Tercentenary celebrations in London promise to be of exceptional interest. The profits of the performances are to be given to the funds of the Red Cross Society, and Mr. Harvey is receiving ...

Published: Saturday 22 April 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 215 | Page: Page 32 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

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A New Bust of Joseph Chamberlain in Westminster Abbey: LITERATURE: SOME NEW BOOKS

... A New Bust of Joseph Chamberlain in Westminster Abbey. LITERATURE: SOME NEW BOOKS A memorial bust of Mr. Chamberlain, erected in West minster Abbey by the private subscription of a few intimate friends, was dedicated a few days ago after the ordinary morning service. The bust is an extremely beautiful piece of work by Mr. John Tweed. It has been placed on the north side of the abbey, near the ...

Published: Saturday 22 April 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1482 | Page: Page 32 | Tags: Photographs