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FIRING THE BIG GUNS OF THE BRITISH NAVY
... : ntaneous Effects ired Immediately fter Discharge WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A RANGING SHOT WITH A 13-5 GUN IS FIRED-- NOTE THE SHELL, SMOKE AND FLURRY These three very rapid exposures record the effect ofa sighting shot fired from a big battle ship nowatScapa Flow. The differences in the colour of the smoke, here clearly recorded, last for a very short time and are scarcely visible to the eye. Note ...
THE FRENCH ARMY DIGS ITSELF IN ALONG THE ADVANCED LINE
... f THE FRENCH ARMY DIGS ITSELF y- -w IN ALONG JHE ADVANCED LINE ADVANCED FRENCH MACHINE-GUN NESTS Along the Western Front the anti-aircraft nests are carefully camouflaged. They add greatly to the safety of outer defences EVERYWHERE IN FRONT AND BEHIND THE GREAT FORTIFIED LINE SUPPORTING TRENCHES ARE BFING DUG It was a wet morning when this picture was taken but the big shovels accom plished ...
GAS AND ATHLETIC DRILL OF THE TOKYO SHOP-GIRLS
... HThe ubiquity of the gas- mask is one of the strange phenomena of national life to-day. In every country geographi cally placed in a danger area the civil population have to learn to adjust straps and headgear which only vary a little in certain details JAPANESE GIRLS ARE USED TO SLIPPING ON A GAS MASK These girls are all from a big Tokyo store (Mat- suza Kaya's) where fire squads and anti-gas ...
WON'T YOU BE MY SANTA CLAUS?
... WON'T YOU BE MY SANTA CLAUS? This appeal, echoed bv thousands of evacuated children all over the country, will be answered by the Christmas Treat Fund to which H.M. The Queen-- herself separated from her daughters- has sent a donation and has expressed her lively interest. The Fund has been set up to brighten the festive season for over 300,000 little evacuees who would otherwise be a greater ...
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THE KING'S VISIT TO HIS ARMY IN FRANCE: His Majesty Talks with Major-General Sir Alan Brooke during an Inspection
... THE KING'S VISIT TO HIS ARMY IN FRANCE His Majesty Talks with Major-General Sir Alan Brooke during an Inspection Postage Inland, ijd. Canada and Newfoundland, 1d, Elsewhere Abroad, 2^d. a-b One of the most strenuous days during the King's visit to the British Forces in France occurred at the mid-week. Leaving his chateau headquarters immediately after a 7.30 a.m. breakfast of porridge and ...
A WAR NEWS LETTER--No. XV
... I A War News .ETTER No. XV 32-34, St. Bride Street, E.C.4 Wednesday, December 13, 1939 EFFECT OF THE BLOCK ADE.-- While we must not yet, nor for a long time, discount or underrate the tremendous power of the forces ranged against us, especially while we still are unable to be certain what those forces may ultimately be, yet it is not mere wishful thinking to express the modest belief that our ...
THE TOLL OF THE SEA
... A RESCUE STEAMER HERSELF WRECKED ON THE BRITISH COAST The Louis Sheid a Belgian ship, had rescued some of the passengers and crew of the Dutch liner Tajaudoen after she had been torpedoed. The Louis Sheid later ran ashore on the rocks one of a series of bad luck incidents last week TWICE SHIPWRECKED, THESE MEN WERE HOSPITABLY ENTERTAINED IN A SOUTHERN PORT r *tfl These men from the Tajaudoen ...
THE PROPOSED CARVE-UP OF EUROPE: It is Now a Case of Germany and Russia Against the Rest (The Strategy of the ..
... The Proposed Carve-up of Europe It is J\[ow a Case of Germany and Russia Against the Rest (The Strategy of the War XII) By GENERAL SIR CHARLES HARINGTON, G.C.B., G.B.E., D.S.O., D.C.L. THE past week has given us much food for thought. Even if we have little to report as regards our own operations by sea, air and land, we have much to record on the credit side. Mr. Winston Churchill left us ...
RISING FROM THE RANKS: How Men are Selected and Trained to Commissions in This War
... RISING FROM THE RANKS How Men are Selected and Trained to Commissions in This War M By ^gg NOEL THOMPSON i BY the beginning of the New Year the first officers to have risen from the ranks and to have been intensively trained in the newly-formed Officers' Cadet Training Units (henceforward abbre viated to O.C.T.U.) will have received their com missions and been appointed to their regiments. ...
THE SOVIET FLEET: Submarine Construction Extensive: Other Classes Old and of Uncertain Value
... The Soviet Fleet Submarine Construction Extensive Other Classes Old and of Uncertain Value DURING the last few years the Soviet authorities have been far more inclined to reveal detailed information of their Army and Air Force than of their Navy, and at the present time the students of naval affairs are left with a good deal to puzzle them concerning the state of the Russian Navy and its value ...