... THE BRITISH EXPEDITION ARY FORCE MARCHES THROUGH RURAL FRANCE The men who cross the Channel find their way to their pre-arranged positions a! ig roads like this deep in the rural life of our ally. This is a by-road, but u: ke the autobahnen of Germany it is good because it has been here for centu s, not newly driven (like the autobahnen across virgin country) and thus st Js up well to the ...

... The King Decorates RAF. Heroes THE FOUR R.A.F. OFFICERS AND PILOT SERGEANT ON WHOM THE KING HAS JUST BESTOWED THE D.F.C. AND THE D.F.M. From left to right are-- Flying Officer A. McPherson, Flying Officer T. M. W. Smith, Flying Officer K. C. Doran, Flying Officer John Barrett, and Pilot Sergeant W. E. Willits T\uring the King's two-day tour of R.A.F. stations in the north of England and the ...

... One Mechanised Division=40 Miles of Road The Methods of the Last War Compared with Those of the Present. The Strategy of the War VII) By GENERAL SIR CHARLES HARINGTON, G.C.B., G.B.E., D.S.O., DG.L. I REMEMBER ending my last article with Anyhow, we shall know by next week. We do not. The Western Front is unchanged. Nothing whatever has happened and our war correspondents are reduced to ...

... Four Aspects of Europe i-- iii'iii 1 1 Tirr iiMwiwrwm r 11 i n imrn' -m*, ...

... J Above A wonderful study of the Avro Anson the twin-engined coastal reconnaissance monoplane now largely used on anti-sub marine patrols off the British coast. Before the outbreak of war this type of aeroplane was used for the instruction of the recently inaugurated class, of air observer. The Anson has a maximum speed of 188 m.p.h. On left The somewhat oddly-shaped Westland Lysander, a two ...

... Philip Page on the Current Drama Reviews of the Latest London Theatrical Productions THE farcical comedy, The French for Love, by Marguerite Steen and Derek Patmore, tried out at Richmond and now transferred to the Criterion Theatre, went a good deal more smoothly than its title. There is much in it that the French are supposed to call (but never do) un peu shockeeng, for it is based on the ...

... THE SCHOOL WITHOUT INKPOT! The Boys of Malvern College in Their New Palace Home One of the most astonishing adaptations of great buildings to war uses has been the taking over of Blenheim Palace by Malvern College. The huge palace, designed by Vanbrugh for the great victor of Blenheim, was carried out on such a scale that the cost exceeded the /500.000 voted by a grateful nation. The architect ...

... Happy Families On Three Fronts France The British Commander-in- Chief General Lord Gort and his staff walked briskly along on a trip up the line to inspect Allied positions, met an official photographer by the side of their path. Behind Lord Gort second from right walks Major- General the Duke of Windsor Turkey Glasses of champagne were lifted by the signatories and assistants after the ...

... Prntpptivp Pnlnnrintr Civilised warfare forces man to coPy A V C> V^\JlJLlJ__Lllg) small animals in the art of inconspicuity IMW.KiMWOIIW UMPOTP WTWI1 nW4VltnMl ..OW ,F, IW> n!M4.I >*1 v*U I WJ .(WMVrtiW* Fear not, till Birnam Wood do come to Dunsinane and now a wood comes towards Dunsinane. Arm arm, and out Replacing, say, the Forest of Warndt and Saarbruecken for Birnam Wood and Dunsinane in ...

... 44 1 Am the Very Model The latest portrait-study of the Prime Minister was made not from life, but from the wax model at Madame Tussaud's. The model itself was made in 1936, when Mr. Chamberlain was still Chancellor of the Exchequer, but already the chosen successor to Mr. Baldwin. Like all Tussaud models, it was constructed from photographs, and cost between £60 and £70. Three more topical ...

... I Am the Very Model Three Dictators portrayed by the Artists of Mme. Tussaud's, photographed by Gordon Anthony for the '-Bystander Adolf Hitler of Germany Joseph Stalin of Russia Wr w I l^-- Benito Mussolini of Italy Hitler in wax was made in 1933, and a comparison between it and to-day's photographs shows how six years of power have lined the face of Nazi Germany's Fiihrer. At that time fti ...

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