... THE INFANTRY CARRY ON IN SPITE OF A SPOT OF RAIN IN HAMPSHIRE Dangling bayonet and gas mask, these stalwart young men of Britain's new Infan try plough through the mud and slush with the disregard for comfort of Old Soldiers THE R.A.S.C. DISGUISE THEM- The four-legged beasts are not ousted alto- SELVES DURING A MOVEMENT geth f|,°m *!?e Army. The R.A.S.C. still Tun^nru u/on rw rniinmv have ...

... BRITAIN'S WAR-TIME COUNCIL OF TEN The Ministry of Supply and Its Plans For the Better Conduct of the War Described by NOEL THOMPSON IN time of war one should, I suppose, change one's perspective from the individual to the national, from the perfect miniature to the vast canvas of a great task. I admit to finding this difficult, but an examination of the newest of our ministries, the Ministry ...

... REDUCING THE NIGHTLY TOLL OF THE ROADS If Suggestions Are To Be Made To the Recently Set Up Committee of Investigation, Let Them Be Practical Ones (C/erl ...

... STRICTLY OUR OWN AFFAIR Or, a Quiet Night in Hertfordshire THE COMPERE Mr. C. Matania, a figure of wit who provided the audience with a broad outline of the show NOW ALL TOGETHER, PLEASE: To the doubtless nos talgic strainsof Home Town everybody joined in with Mr. A. Henley, who contributed a selection of songs DISTINGUISHED AUDIENCE CORNER A picture which might be more aptly titled A Smile ...

... FOR the dignity of the past and the improvements of modern times. The Kings Hotel Brighton Specially reduced terms for long term residence. PEACE IN THE FOREST Forest ponies as placid as ever. Cattle browsing in our acres of meadowland. The sunlight playing daily on our lake. Fruit and garden produce awaiting your daily consumption. Come now. BlIllLEY MANOR HOTEL AT BURLEY HEART OF THE NEW ...

... The First German Plane to Fall on British Soil The Big German Bomber Which Crashed on the Lammermuir Hills Scotland again came into the war zone last week-end and in dramatic fashion when a big German bomber swooped down from the clouds and began hedge- hopping over the East Lothian hills in a vain attempt to evade the pursuit of British fighter planes pouring machine-gun bullets into its ...

... Saturday morning of last week, fighting machines of the Auxiliary Air Force scored another success when they forced down a big German bomber on to the Lammermuir Hills. A stream of bullets had spattered every part of the bomber, including the metal pro- pellers. The first burst of fire crippled the machine and as she dropped it was evident that the port j engine was out of action and that the ...

... Let Me Put Myself In Hitler's Place Some of the Problems Which the German High Command Must Face. (The Strategy of the War VI) By GENERAL SIR CHARLES HARINGTON, G.C.B., G.B.E, D.S.O., D.C.L. THE events, as I write, are talking an interesting turn, and look as if they must lead shortly to some definite line of action. On the Western Front we can safely say that nothing of import ance has ...

... The Silent and the Secret Army Les An^liclies AAake Tliemselves Known to tlie Appreciative Citizens of France by HARRy J. GREENWALL Personal Impressions of tbe B.E.F. THE Young Bills who have come to France in the wake of Old Bill, who blazed the trail twenty-five years ago, came by an entirely different route. Having been privi leged to see the arrival of Bill père et fils I feel myself ...

... WITH THE PERMISSIOl >NNAIRES OF THE FRENCH ARMY: Tk' \y Are Oiven Leave to Return Home for the Harvesting Scythe over shoulder, the poilu becomes peasant again for the harvest Left Symbols of Peace and War, the military coat and helmet hang by the implements of agriculture Above Again in uniform, the soldier ploughs the land with two patient oxen RETURN TO THE FARM With his wife and little ...

... MUSICAL Listening to the music at the National Gallery REVERIE where lunch-time concerts are taking place daily for the benefit of office workers. Many famous orchestras and musicians appear there A STUDY IN Closing of concert halls owing to the war has caused EXPRESSIONS niany music lovers to attend the performances at the National Gallery where the daily concerts are given in an auditorium ...

... DANGER IN THE DARKNESS Double the Number of Killed and Injured on the Roads is the Legacy of the Black-out By A. PERCY BRADLEY, M.I.A.E., A.M.I.Mech.E. (C/erk of the Coune, Brooklands) OUR expectations have unhappily materialised, for the casualties on the road during the month of September have increased by 100 per cent. It looks as if the cure was almost as bad as the disease which it was ...