... 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 ...

... WHAT IS BEHIND HITLER'S STAND-STILL POLICY? We May Soon Know the Answer to This Question We Are Prepared. (The Strategy of the War XXIV.) By GENERAL SIR CHARLES HARINGTON, G.C.B., G.B.E., D.S.O., D.C.L. IT was always impressed on us by instructors at the Staff College that before one starts to write on any subject one must always say to oneself, What is my main object? and then stick to it. ...

... As far as is known at present, no less than 2,196 Barnardo Old Boys have answered the call of King and Country. They are distributed in the various forces, even in the South African and Canadian Navies and in the Mercantile Marine, thus helping to guard the 8,250 little boys and girls which the homes constantly maintain. Of the three Barnardo Old Boys stationed on H.M.S. Royal Oak, two were ...

... THE Depth-Charge Nightmare of the Submarine Described by LIEUT.-COMMANDiER EDGAR P. YOUNG (R.N., Retired) THE now familiar depth-charge was one of the new weapons introduced into the naval service during the last war, and is, like the mine, handled by the Torpedo Department. It is, in effect, a submarine bomb, and is used for attacking submarines when they are submerged and are invulnerable to ...

... ON THE WESTERN LINE WITH BRITISH AND INDIAN TROOPS: Variefy of Weathers 306-- SPECIAL SECTION-- THE EMPIRE'S EFFORT THE INDIAN AUXILIARY TRANSPORT ON THE WESTERN LINE IS INSPECTED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR Accompanying the fine body of Punjabi Moslems now in the French lines and an inseparable part of the picture are the mules which both carry loads on the back and draw light army ...

... t Guarding the French JH Coast 7hE FRENCH LISTENING EARS are different to ours. They look more like a pair of wings or bellows. Two men operate the instrument, which is placed on a movable turn-table mechanism of some complexity THE FRENCH COASTAL DEFENCE SYSTEM is a branch of the French Navy. The officers are regular officers, but the personnel differs completely from that of the crew of a ...

... OPERA and REVUE The Barber of Seville at Sadler's Wells and a New Edition of Black Velvet at the Hippodrome ROSSINI'S masterpiece, The Barber of Seville, has. I think, been given at Sadler's Wells already, but last week saw an entirely new decor, and a good one, by Mr. Powell Lloyd, who also plays the small part of Fiorello. The performance was very jolly. Professor Dent makes the best of a ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER --No. XXVII 32-34, St. Bride Street, E.C.4 Wednesday, March 6, 1940 PALESTINE BLUNDER?-- I cannot imagine a harder decision than that which faced Mr. MacDonald and the Government over the question of the Palestine land transfers. The effect is that in certain areas the Arabs may sell no more land to non-Arabs, which means the further curtailment of such Jewish immigration as ...