... BEFORE AN R.A.F. RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHT ON THE WESTERN F.RONT: PILOTS STUDYING A MAP ON THEIR AERODROME Photos A. P.) Within a very short time of the outbreak of war the Royal Air Force demon strated its extraordinary daring and efficiency by a series of reconnaissance and leaflet-dropping flights well into German territory. The Special Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, writing from the ...

... FOUR TYPES OF BRITISH ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLE ABOVE LEFT A FAST LIGHT TANK RIGHT THE NEW CRUISER TANK, WHICH OWES MUCH TO AMERICAN AND RUSSIAN MODELS BELOW LEFT THE ARMOURED BREX-GUN CARRIER AND A TANK MOUNTING A GUN FOR ANTI-TANK WORK. {#>Aoftas., t\f\. L;VJ„ Keystone Pfamt.) On this page we illustrate four types ff armoured fighting vehicle new m use by the British Army while a further ...

... AFFORDING CONVINCING PROOF OF BRITAIN'S AMPLE MARGIN OF SECURITY IN ALL CLASSES OF WARSHIP: A PANORA AA OF THE TYPES OF VESSELS IN THE ROYAL NAVY, AND IN THE OTHER NAVIES OF THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH. (Drawing by Oscar Parkes, O.B.h.) vessel wh h S^ea .ln^ ln x e Mouse on the sinking by U-boat of the Royal Oak, said that, serious as this loss was, it did not affect the margin of security in ...

... HITLER ADMIRING A SIEGFRIED LINE MODEL, WITH VON BRAUSCHITSCH AND GORING BESIDE HIM AND OTHER MEMBERS OF HIS STAFF. [International Press.) The Siegfried Line which is not properly speaking a line but a defensive zone of varying depth was built with the express object of making Germany invulnerable on the West, and releasing troops for campaigns in the East. This Western Wall is backed by a ...

... TEN SECONDS AFTER THE RECEPTION OF THE AIR-RAID ALARM AN A. -A. GUN IN POSITION, READY TO REPEL ENEMY RAIDERS. \Fox. i The scene illustrated above, of one of Britain's powerful new anti-aircraft guns manned and ready to fire at any German bomber attempting to penetrate our defences, can be matched to-day in field, on hill, and in parkland all over the United Kingdom, thanks to the immense ...

... HOW A BATTLESHIP APPEARS TO THE BOMBER A SMALL TARGET, EXPLAINING THE ILL-SUCCESS OF GERMAN AIR ATTACKS. So far, aerial attacks on British warships have proved a success only for the latter in the number of Nasi 'planes brought down by naval A.-A. guns. This drawing shows the bomb-aimer of an attacking aircraft trying to get his sights on to a fleet of warships. The target is minute, and the ...

... SUNK BY U-BOAT WITH A LOSS OF UPWARDS OF 800 LIVES WHILE AT ANCHOR IN SCAPA FLOW THE BATTLESHIP ROYAL OAK. Wright and Logan, On October 14, at approximately 1.30 a.m., the battleship Royal Oak (29,150 tons) was sunk at anchor by a U-boat in Scapa Flow. Upwards of 800 lives were lost, 414 being rescued. The ship was lying at the harbours extreme end thus many drowned before rescue could be ...

... THE FLAGSHIP OF BRITAIN'S HOME FLEET-- H.M.S. NELSON (33,950 TONS), WHICH MOUNTS THE HUGE ARMAMENT OF NINE 16-IN. GUNS. (Charles E. Brown.) H.M.S. Nelson, 33,950 tons, is the flagship of Britain's Home Fleet, according to the last Navy List issued. She was laid down with her sister-ship, the Rodney, c. 38,000 tons, in December 1922. Both were completed in 1929. Their over-all length is 710 ...

... AFTER AN R.A.F. RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHT THE PILOT HANDING OVER HIS NEGATIVES WHICH WILL PROVIDE THE STAFF WITH INFORMATION OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE. ...

... REMINISCENT IN ALL ITS DETAILS OF A SCENE ON THE WESTERN FRONT IN THE LAST WAR BRITISH TROOPS RESTING SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE. British Official Photograph.) j One of the most extraordinary experiences in these early days of the new European conflict for anyone who took part in the last war is to find it all coming to life again in the photographs reaching England from the Western Front, where, as ...

... THE WAR AGAINST NAZI GERMANY A RETROSPECT OF THE OUTSTANDING EVENTS FROM THE OUTBREAK OF THE STRUGGLE. German Aggression Provokes War. IN his broadcast to the nation at u. 15 on the morning of September 3 Mr. Chamberlain announced that Great Britain was at war with Germanv. A state of war existed between France and Germany from 5 p.m. on the same day; on which Australia and New Zealand also ...

... AVENGING THE SINKING OF A BRITISH SHIP AN R.A.F. 'PLANE ATTACKING A U-BOAT WHICH CRASH-DIVES HER EXHAUST STILL SMOKING. To the destroyer's depth-charge, the aerial bomb has added yet another potent weapon against the submarine and above is shown one of the first pictures of combat between 'plane and U-boat. On September 17 a U-boat torpedoed the Newcastle freighter Kafiristan (5193 tons), 350 ...