... THE PLIGHT OF A j NATION I he Polish Jtxodus into Rumania Before the Advance of the Germans and Russians THE LONG, LONG TREK OVER THE POLISH BORDER Across the flat plains tramped the tattered remnants of the once proud nation. With a few valuables, A hastily packed and slung over their shoulders, these M battered Poles slogged on foot to the Rumanian frontier and peace at long last after their ...

... The Strategy of the War-- No. Ill A W eek'by' W eek Commentary on the Military Situation By GENERAL SIR CHARLES HARINGTON, G.C.B., G.B.E., D.S.O., D.C.L. UP to the time of writing there is little to report as regards operations on the Western Front except that the French continue to gain points of vantage and improve their pincer tactics closing on Saarbrücken. It is clear that a lot of the ...

... NAPOLEON'S ATTEMPTS ON BRITAIN'S TRADE When the Emperor Essayed to Cut Off Britain from Trade with the Continent, Just as Hitler To-day is Attempting to Cut Off the Economic Traffic Between the Scandinavian Countries and Britain XITHEN in August, 1805, Napoleon had to relin quish his fond hope of an invasion of England, due to his lack of ships, he led his Grand Army into Germany. A few months ...

... With the French Army in the Saarbrucken Sector The French army up in the northern section, in front of the Maginot Line, has been operating in a rich agricultural land overlooking the industrialised valley cf the Saar. The army postman's arrival is here depicted. It is always a welcome moment, and letters are usually opened on the spot others are taken awey to be read in such privacy as one ...

... IS THIS NECESSARY? Or Isn't Income Tax High Enough? TWO FINE EXAMPLES OF GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE Everyone in London is familiar with such sights as the above. On scores of hoardings these posters confront the wavfarer. We now learn that, by the end of the month when the campaign ends, this poster campaign will have cost the country £44,000. A small sum when compared with our vast armament ...

... TRAVEL OFFICES IN LONDON OUT OF USE The German and Czechoslovakia!! Railway offices no longer function. Even during peace times there was never a swastika to be seen on the building or on any poster ANOTHER TRAVEL OFFICE OUT OF ACTION Poland, too, suffers from the cessation of tourist traffic a source of lively revenue to any country. The office faces that of Germany across Lower Regent Street ...

... DUN LOP f*n DUN LOP f#Xl WITH TEETH TO BITE THE ROAD The knowing squirrel points a moral for the motorist. Store up security for yourself, at this season of wet roads and windstrewn leaves, by fitting the safest tyre in all the world. ...

... FOR USE AGAINST THE ENEMY'S STRONGHOLDS A Wellington heavy bomber returning to its base in the dawn light. The task of these great dreadnoughts of the air is no light one, but they are excellently equipped for their work BRITISH BOMBERS FLY ING AT 1J,000 FEET Another study of Wellington bombers streaking towards home. Two powerful engine nacelles are built into the wings. With their under ...

... Women Rise to the I JrrA^IHM and Undertake All and I N Every Kind of Work THE NEW MILKMAIDS ARE TAKING ON RURAL WORK WITH ZEST These milkmaids are working at Plumpton Agricultural College as recruits to the Women's Land Army. Some of them come from London stores THE ONION, WHICH RAISES ONE'S PHYSICAL STRENGTH BUT LOWERS ONE'S SOCIAL STATUS, CAUSES TEARS A merry moment with the new Army cooks ...

... THE ADVANCE OF RUSSIA ALONG THE BALTIC SHORES Where Belgium Faces Germany and W here Denmark and Germany Have Collided Over the Question of Con= trahand Cargoes passing northwards from the Luxem bourg salient of the Western Front a stretch of Belgian frontier is reached. From end to end, as the crow flies, it is but some 40 miles long, but measuring along its curves it reaches about 60 miles ...

... HITLER'S TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO WARSAW A Silent City To Welcome the German Army's Occupation of the Polish Capital On October 5, Hitler and the German Army made their threatened triumphal entry into Warsaw, when the German Leader reviewed his victorious troops. How the Poles welcomed their conquerors is vividly depicted above. Very complete preparations had been made for Hitler's safety by ...

... A War Newsletter -No. VI 32-34 St. Bride Street, E.C.4 Wednesday, October 11, 1939. HITLER'S SPEECH.-- It has been dinned into our ears and into the ears of neutrals by our Government that it will never make terms with Hitler and his gang. It has no quarrel with the German people, etc., etc. Why then in God's name do we toy with the vague peace proposals of a man with whom we are pledged never ...