... [he Connoisseurs Comment! 8 w- r 55\J THE /to VERMOUTH jl^jj The Connoisseur appreciates 'S instantly the Bouquet of the vAc Genuine choice wines blended Ij5 into this true Vermouth. Here Ln is a choice and healthful aperi- !/s1r tif or with added ingredients p ...

... the night of October 10 a joint Naval and Air Force assault on Cherbourg took place with very great success. T he appearance of the British Navy on the scene was a surprise to the German shore batteries, who began to return fire, by which time the British Fleet had begun to increase the range and draw out to sea again. The power of the mighty guns was aided by the bombing aircraft of the R.A.F ...

... PHASES of fhe AIR WAR Diagrams and Pictures by Sphere Artists SERVICING THE GUNS ON A FIGHTER AIRCRAFT Armourers are here busy at work on the eight machine-guns In the wings. After every flight the armament is over hauled, adjusted and checked there must be no opportunity for error. As soon as the aeroplane lands It is at once refuelled and re-armed, ready for instant action the moment need ...

... The Mystery of the Rhine Front as It Was Seen by Gordon Waterfield, a Reuter Correspondent, and Described in His New Book, What Happened to France ONE of the most informa tive of the books upon the last days of the war in France and the conditions which led up to the collapse of Army and Government is entitled What Happened To France (John Murray). It is from the pen of Gordon Waterfield, of ...

... Held Uncertainly by the Weak Vichy Government, the Fate of Syria Hangs Momentarily in the Balance By ALAN HOUGHTON BRODRICK AS you fly westwards across the world's desert belt which is the zone of Islam, that religion of the sands, the only green hills you see from the Indian desert to the fields of Tunisia are those of the Lebanon, rising like an island from the tawny wastes. The mountainous ...

... SUPPLEMENTING THE SUPPLIES OF FOREIGN SUGAR BY THE NATIVE SUPPLY: There is practically nothing in farm work which the Land Girls will not tackle. Sugar beet harvesting is considered to be one of the hardest jobs that these girls can do but they are already hard at work gathering in this very valuable harvest of the fields. In East Anglia, and Fenland generally, the work is now in full swing ...

... The Bombardment by the British Fleet of the Libyan Strongholds of Capuzzo and Bardia A BRITISH BATTLESHIP, IN ITS WAR-TIME CAMOUFLAGE, STEAMS OUT FOR THE BOMBARDMENT Behind are two other warships, bound on the same errand SHADING THEIR EYES FROM THE STRONG MEDITERRANEAN SUN, THE GUN CREW ON BOARD A BRITISH DESTROYER SPOT FOR HOSTILE AIRCRAFT IN THE SKY BRITISH ANTI-AIRCRAFT POM-POM GUNS READY ...

... It is believed that in the attacks on Crete, the Nazis are staging a full-dress rehearsal for a probable in\ vasion of Britain if this is so, it makes their present technique of even greater interest. This is how Hitler's invasion tactics have developed up to the present first came the swarms of dive-bombers, which sought out our anti-aircraft positions and hammered them unceasingly then, in ...

... THE ARABS AND THE WAR IN IRAQ An Account of the Present Situation in Arabia With Some Notes on the Arab Tribes By MAJOR C. S. JARVIS THE army rebellion in Iraq against its own Govern ment and against the British forces (which, according to the treaty made with that country have the fullest rights to be there), recalls the fact that this state, then Mesopotamia, contributed during the last war ...

... The MODERN KNIGHT in ARMOUR To Survive in Warfare To-day, Armour-Plating is Essential and All Combatants must Fight from Behind Strong Steel Shields By DONALD COWIE AN outstanding feature of this war has been the increased use of armoured protection, not only for warships-- which monopolised this form of de fence over a long period-- but also for fighting vehicles, guns, aircraft, men. It ...

... Nearly 3,000,000 Tons out of a Total of 4,500,000 German Tonnage and 3,425,000 Italian has been Lost to These Two Enemies Since the War Began By FRANK BOWEN ONE of Germany's pet plans, which appears to have been formulated well before the outbreak of war, is to make herself the world's one great shipping and ship building power. At the present time the people, especially in the big seaport ...

... NOWHERE in Africa, and perhaps in the whole field of the present war, has there been such a spectacular setting for warfare as was provided at Amba Alagi, the scene of the Duke of Aosta's last stand. The cliffs lining the Amba Alagi Pass are fantastically abrupt and the canyons deep and often filled with wreaths of cloud. The Peak itself rises steeply from the roadway through the Pass. The ...