... How the Vessel was left by the Cossack in Josins Fiord The last few weeks have certainly found the British Navy triumphant After the Graf Spee action came the Altmark affair, when H.M.S. Cossack rounded off the. River Plate action by boarding the Graf Spec's prison ship and releasing the British prisoners, whom it was fondly hoped by the enemy would be conveyed to Ger many for what purposes ...

... London's Welcome to the f Victors of the River Plate j Scenes En Route and in Mr. Churchill Made a the Guildhall Where Memorable Speech i V I'aiJWil (I nUlHAiM 1 Top left-- THE BAND OF THE MARINES PLAYING HEART OF OAK AS THEY LED THE MEN OF THE AJAX AND EXETER PAST THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT It was fitting that the band of the Royal Marines should head the procession through London, for the ...

... UNPRECEDENTED IN THE MEMORY OF MAN THE FROZEN SEA ROUND THE NORTH OF DENMARK-- A VIEW TAKEN FROM THE AIR All Danish waters were closed last week by the ice and every connection between the Danish isles was interrupted. Only by air was it possible to transport passengers, mail, and goods from one part of the country to another. In this picture taken over the Kattegat the ice breaker ferry ...

... The WAR by SEA and AIR The Crashed German Bomber And Details- of the Magnetic Mine A BIG GERMAN BOMBER CRASHES ON THE NORTH EAST COAST This Heinkel twin-engined bomber came down in meadow land close to the North East coast. One of her engine eggs struck the flat surface of the field, crushing two propellers out of shape, but the rest of the plane suffered little damage UNDERSIDE VIEW OF THE ...

... FINLAND CONTINUES to CAPTURE RUSSIAN BOOTY Big Hauls of Material on the Forest Fronts, in Spite of the Pressure on the Mannerheim Line A WRECKED RUSSIAN PLANE being carried away on three Finnish lorries after it had been shot down on one of the northern fronts. It had evidently been a very large bohiber, judging by the size of the wings, seen on the right, and the two big power eggs, each on ...

... THE DEPTH-CHARGE-- BRITAIN'S REPLY TO THE U-BOAT A Naval Weapon Developed from the Last War which has Spelled Disaster for the German Submarine I WHAT A DEPTH-CHARGE THROWER LOOKS LIKE THIS BATTERY OF THEM, JUST COMPLETED, IS AWAITING TEST AT A BRITISH FACTORY The depth-charge was evolved by the British Admiralty after experimental development by the engineering department of Manchester ...

... AT THE BACK OF THE FRONT A Tour through the Various Army Zones which No Civilian can Enter or Leave Without a Pass By HARRY J. GREENWALL THE Old Lady sort of fixed me with one eye and said: And where exactly does the Front begin, young man? Strangely enongh, I had never thought of war, or more particularly, shall I say, this war, in terms of where the Front begins and ends, but when one does ...

... THE FOUR-CORNERED BATTLE OVER CIVIL AVIATION Us Plight Since the Outbreak of War- Described by CHARLES G. GREY CIVIL aviation may not seem to have much to do with air war, but in fact it has as much to do with it as the Merchant Marine has with naval war, and as railways and motor buses have with land war. In fact, civil aviation has not done so much in connection with the present air war as ...

... MR. SUMNER WELLES AT No. 10, DOWNING STREET President Roosevelt's Special Envoy With the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary The opening of the week was .a busy time for Mr. Sumner Welles, President Roosevelt's Special Envoy to Europe. After visits to Rome, Berlin, and Paris, he reached London, to round off his impressions of Europe at War. After lunch with the American Ambassador, Mr. ...

... A WAR N WSLETTER --No. XXVIII 32-34, St. Bride Street, E.C.4 Wednesday, March 13, 1940 ACCORDING TO PLAN.-- If only the Nazis believed in the word of Britain, what a scoop they might have made. On June 20, 1939, we told the world that the Queen Elizabeth, the 85,000-ton sister of the Queen Mary, would be moved from John Brown's yard on the Clyde and take to the sea on February 26, 1940. Much ...

... Open weather succeeded the periods of snow and frost. The interlude of silver thaw was one of the most trying. It literally brought down high and low on the cobbled village streets, which appeared to be turned into glass. Then an open period ensued, during which this picture of the Irish Guards was taken. Fortunately, miles of roadway are paved as this one, and the nuisance of sheer mud is ...

... THE ARTILLERY OF OUR A I I V FROM THE HEAVIES TO THE LIGHT machine-guns on which the soldier ML.LT DEPENDS FOR HIS IMMEDIATE PROTECTION II II I III I II II II I I I I II ■mm.i.uii I I I Specially Described for The Sphere BY CAPTAIN DONALD ANDERSON AS befits a first-class army, the guns of our allies across the Channel include all sorts from the smallest to the very largest. The larger guns, ...