... Training the Cavalry in ■V l I -i-l'A HUH m m m WAR-TIME Described by NOEL THOMPSON fSee also previous pa&es for pictures of Army horses) A GOOD horseman is born, not made is, as the original of Mr. Chips, used to remark to me at school, one of those trite sayings which are only half true. Certainly the War Office believes, and experi ence has shown that it is right, that an average horseman ...

... THE DESTROYER NO LONGER HAS ONE L II P N/ PI T K/| A A They Vary in Tonnage, Gun Armament, and Torpedo I IX I I J U I I I INI i Equipment according to the Duties they have to Perform 'T'HE oldest destroyers in the British Fleet at the present time are the nine survivors of the 905-ton S class, fif- I teen of the 1,090-ton V class, and twenty- five of the 1,100-ton V/ class. All these jj are ...

... GROWTH OF THE DESTROYER To the Latest Types with Director Fire Control WRITING in 1898, Kipling described the destroyers as the choosers of the slain, and, in the days when 6,000 horse-power was required to drive the hull at 30 knots, spoke of the terrific power necessary. That power has now gone up to 44,000 for the 36 knots of the Tribal class whose displace ment is 1,850 tons against the ...

... THE SPHERE TRAVEL BUREAU rark your hamily in safety at HOTEL RIPOSO rpymii I 7 Even if your business is in London, you can send them easily by fast electric train. Even if there's an air raid (very unlikely at Bexhill), the safest place is the seashore. HOTEL RIPOSO is almost at the water's mhmhmk edge. Verb. sap. v Write to-day for brochure. flDtuf/tu l*t t-Ctn C|,n Here, in this unspoilt ...

... THE AMAZING DEFENCE OF THE FINNS Fighting the Russian Hordes at 60 deg. Below Zero Hitler's Dilemma (The Strategy of the War XVI) By GENERAL SIR CHARLES HARINGTON, G.C.B., G.B.E., D.S.O., DC.L. AS one starts to write an article on the war between the Allies and Germany, it is difficult to get one's thoughts away from two events, both outside what we may call our war, which just grip us at ...

... STRANGE LEADERS OF STRANGE nrf-NQI EC DICTATORS AND MILITARY COMMANDERS rCUrLCj; OF RUSSIA AND GERMANY HAVE THE DIVISIONS IMMEDIATELY TRANSFERRED TO FINLAND Stalin, the U.S.S.R. dic tator, in conference with the Chief of the Soviet General Staff in Moscow MOSCOW HAS RECEIVED ONLY THE MOST MEAGRE NEWS FROM THE FINNISH FRONTS A typical scene of marching hosts on the Red Square, Moscow, through ...

... THE HORSE AND THE MULE ARE STILL EMPLOYED BY THE R.A.S.C., AND BEAUTIFULLY SMART ANIMALS THEY ARE On left A spirited horse shows he is undaunted by the hill which he is just about to j tackle On left A camouflaged detachment beginning to cross a stream during training A PAIR OF R.A.S.C. MULES LEADS THE COLUMN R.A.S.C. HORSES DEMONSTRATE SPEED THROUGH A VERY ROUGH PIECE OF GOING Although the R ...

... 'There are in this country two separate censorship organisa tions. The first is the Press and Censorship Bureau, a civil organisa tion existing for the guidance of the Press. The second and higger part of the censorship is a military organisation, and this is the net which helps to catch the spies, pre vents the indiscreet from giving away essential secrets in their letters, which stops the ...

... HIDDEN AWAY IN A STRONG PLACE IN THE TATE GALLERY ARE A NUMBER OF DRAWINGS AND PAINTINGS NOT EVACUATED At the outbreak of war all the important pictures in the gallery were transferred to a place of safety, but others were left in the strong room seen above THE PICTURES WENT, BUT THE STATUARY REMAINED AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF BRITISH ART, MILLBANK The basement houses a medley of statues and ...

... THE WAR IN THE AIR A Review of Ihe Air Struggle September 3 to December 31, 1939 By C. G. GREY NOW that the year 1939, of unpleasant memory, has passed without anything definitely blowing up since the last issue of The Sphere appeared, we may perhaps take a look back and size up what, if anything, we have learned in four months of war. I did not dare to consider the air work of the year ...

... OTHER THINGS THAN WAR Lumbermen Are Busy in the Fir Plantations Bird Life in the Snow WAR WORK IN THE WOODS.-- The country needs our trees and (with no thought of profiteering) we cheerfully respond. We live sur rounded by fir trees, great belts of which completely shut us off from the north and east and break the westerly gales before they can strike our chimneys. These belts, since they keep ...

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