... AFTER LADY ANNE HOPE'S MARRIAGE The groom, Lieut. P. H. J. Southby, R.N.; the bride; and the bride's sister, Lady Joan Hope 'The Lady Anne Hope is the eldest of the three daughters of Their Excellencies the Viceroy of India and the Marchioness of Linlithgow. On November 6, Lady Anne was married to Lieut. P. H. J. Southby, R. N., younger son of Sir Archibald Southby, M.P., and Lady Southby, of ...

... Six Pictures which Only Indirectly Relate to the War) LINKING UP THE ISLANDS OF THE OUTER HEBRIDES Up in the far north west corner of Britain the problem of communications is an acute one; so sparse are the inhabitants that the rates cannot bear the burden of new roads and bridges. The former are often in a state of the acutest decay, and the latter are often of the most primitive nature. ...

... THE ALLIED AIR FORCE COMES INTO BEING A Little-known Chapter of Air History, Which Illuminates the Position To-day T he War in the Air Described by CHARLES G. GREY (formerly Editor of The Aeroplane THE announcement that an Allied Air Force commanded by a British officer is to be formed in France raises a number of interesting and possibly difficult questions. The official informa tion, which ...

... Above A FRENCH SENTRY GUARDING ONE OF THE SUPPLY RAIL OADS 0„ left-- M. DALADIER, THE FRENCH PREMIER, ACCOMPANIED BY M. GUY LA CHAMBRE, AIR MINISTER, AT THE FRONT During a two-day visit to French Air Force units at the front t hay saw the fighter unit which took part in the first big air victory of tl 3 war. In this, nine French fighters attacked twenty-seven Messers t mitts and brought down ...

... A WAR newsletter- No. xiii 32-34, St. Bride Street, E.C.4 Wednesday, November 29, 1939 THE LAST WOLF.-- The terrible weapon (or one of them) so long threatened by the gangsters for the final overthrow of Britain is proving without doubt to be an oblique weapon. It is the indiscriminate laying of mines by submarines to destroy not British shipping only, but the shipping of the whole world. It ...

... EARS of the WAR Scientific Wonders which are Being Made in Britain To-day IMAGINE a deaf and blind boxer trying to fight a normal opponent. Or going from the extreme, imagine two well-matched boxers of whom one has just that extra quickness of eye and accuracy of judgment. You know at once which man you would back. Carrying the simile still farther, one man has carefully rubbed his shoes in ...

... OUT WITH Thil^ DOVER PATRffll THE Dover Patrol is, in this war, even more than in the last, that most joyous and popular of all naval operations, a young man's show. Senior officers there are ashore, condemned to what the junior calls a stuffy office-- while he is on the open bridge of a destroyer under easy steam at 25 knots through wind and spray that cut like a knife-- but supply ing the ...

... Other Things Than War A Chronicle of the Rural Life Which Still Goes On In the South Country SMALLEST CHURCHES.-- West Sussex is famous for its tiny churches, and among them Terwick and Woolbeding and Didling have strong claims on the record. Terwick is a plain little stone box of the Early English period with a blue glass window to the west mentioned in Domesday Book. It was perhaps in old ...

... The Equipment of an R.A.F. Pilot And the Camera Gun which Helps in the Training of Gunner=Observers HOW A PILOT ACCOUTRES HIMSELF FOR FLIGHT The flying kit worn by the two pilots in these pictures might almost be called the basic kit of Hie R.A.F. --for high altitude and long distance flying there are considerable additions even to this unwieldy attire! Despite warm under clothing and an ...

... Spurting Fire from the Earth A Hidden Gun Speaks Along the Maginot Line The two great fortified lines confront each other on the Western Front. There is a fairly regular exchange of artillery fire from the guns which is recorded in the French official communiques in such brief phrases as Local activity of the artillery, Some artillery fire, Artillery activity. The most curious feature ...

... Frightfulness by Sea-- and by Air? But This Time It Will Be a Weapon That Must Break in Hitler's Hand The Strategy of the War X) By GENERAL SIR CHARLES HARINGTON, G.C.B., G.B.E., D.S.O., D.C.L. DURING the past week, whilst we have felt the temperature getting lower, it is possible that our temper has been steadily rising. There are certain things we do not like. We hate war, but if we have ...

... Casualties of the War by Land and Sea THE SHETLAND RABBIT IN ITS SEVEN-FOOT CRATER For some reason or reasons best known to themselves, the German Air Force have been flying out to the windy Shetland Islands. Recently there were two raids in which eight bombs were dropped on the same day. Of the eight bombs dropped four fell on land and the remaining four in the sea. Holes 6 or 7 ft. deep were ...