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... FIRST PICTURES of fhe COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF and HIS STAFF Official War Office Photographs from British General Headquarters in France (Crown Copyright Reserved THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF LEAVES G.H.Q. FOR A TOUR OF INSPECTION WITH HIS STAFF FROM LEFT TO RIGHT ARE: CAPTAIN E. V. OYLER, CAPTAIN C. J. D. JEFFREYS, MAJOR D W GORDON, CAPTAIN LORD MUNSTER, GENERAL LORD GORT, AND LIEUT.-GENERAL H. R. ...
... THROUGH THE MINE INFESTED NORTH SEA up with A BRITISH CONVOY UNOBTRUSIVELY OUR ESCORT JOINED US, AND THE VOYAGE HAD BEGUN Normally, the escort held its set stations about us, writes a correspondent on one of the convoyed vessels, creeping along at our miserably few knots with the courteous tolerance of a schoolboy conducting his elderly aunt across the road. Several times, however, I saw ...
... SAVING LIVES in the BLACK-OUT Pedestrians Should Be Compelled, Not Advised, To Wear Something White During the Hours of Darkness By A. PERCY BRADLEY. M.I.A.E., A.M.I.Mech.E. (Cletk ol the Course, Brooklands) WE motorists have become so accus tomed to the one-sided proposals which are usually put forward by the Pedestrians Association that I feel it is only fair to that body to draw attention ...
... DISPATCH RIDERS IN THEIR SMART KIT ARRIVE IN PARIS The dispatch rider's work is difficult am dangerous. Roads in this part of France, witi their high camber and greasy surfaces, are perilous, and, despite urgent orders demanding the greatest precaution, a number of accidents involving broken limbs and minor concussion have already occurred. Three or four thou sand messages a day stream in and ...
... T^vespite the savage U-boat warfare on our LJ merchant vessels, figures since the outbreak of war show that our shipbuilding industry is more than making up for losses incurred. New ships, captures and conver- I sions have given our Mercantile Marine more I tonnage than ever although thousands of tons of shipping have been sent to the bottom Within the next few weeks the first of Britain's war ...
... FIGHTING THE TANK WITH RIFLE AND GUN: WHAT EVER tank material the enemy may possess, it will meet a hot reception from the British anti-tank guns, rising in size from the bullet-firing rifles to the 3-in. shell-firing weapons. The new types shown here have just come from the armament factories and embody the latest theories on this type of weapon. The two-man guns are beautifully made and the ...
... OUR CHARMING QUEEN I Some 7\[ew and Unposed Pictures fl Onlefl-- TheQueen listeningto musicatthe I National Gallery and at the Girl Guides' I Association in Buckingham Palace Road 1 THE ROYAL FAMILY HAVE AN EVENING AT THE THEATRE aessrk j E A picture taken during a performance of Black Velvet at the London Hippodrome, which the King and Queen attended a few evenings ago. From left to right The ...
... IN THE B.B.C.'S WAR-TIME HIDE- OUT SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND IN THE FOREIGN LANGUAGES STUDIO EVERY THING IS VERY EFFICIENTLY ARRANGED Here someone in England is I reading a news bulletin in Polish I ft* it THE OVERSEAS NEWS DEPARTMENT IS LINED WITH MAPS AND ARABIC INSCRIPTIONS In the Arabic translation room the final touches are being put to the text of a talk in Arabic VERY LIKE A SUB-EDITOR'S ...
... Air Cannon versus Multi Machine-Guns And Some Notes On the Mining of the Seas by Aircraft The War in the Air Described by CHARLES G. GRE7 PARACHUTING mines into the shipping lanes from German aeroplanes seems to have caused, rightly, more interest and apprehension than any other air activities of the past few weeks. Therefore, the raid by. long-range fighters of the Royal Air Force on November ...
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... 1IGH STREET, STRATFORD-UPON-AVON. This beautiful Elizabethan house, in 1596, was the maiden home of Katharine Rogers who became the mother of Harvard, founder of the American University. Another famous number founded on traditional merit is Player's No. 3 that well-known cigarette of delightful mellowness and excellent flavour, with the EXTRA quality that critical smokers demand. -I? 3P5-I ...
... FIRING THE BIG GUNS Special Pictorial Diagrams CLOSING THE HEAVY BREECH BLOCK PREPARATORY TO FIRING THIS BIG GUN The grooves which lock the block in position are clearly shown. Above is the apparatus which drives a rush of air through the barrel for the purpose of blowing out any fragment left by a previous discharge. The gear on the left, attached to the left side of the gun, is a safety ...