... Members of a Naval Minesweeper Crew Carrying Ammunition lo the Gun The British Navy is still keeping the seas clear, and this fact is proved by the recent Admiralty announcement that not a single British or Allied ship was sunk in one whole week. The latest weapon of the Nazis the magnetic mine is being defeated by the magnificent and untiring efforts of the men aboard the minesweepers, whose ...

... PANORAMA of the WEEK (AR-TIME SCENES on SEA and LAND I RESCUED BY THE BRITISH SUBMARINE UNITY AFTER SIX DAYS IN AN OPEN BOAT This was the incident referred to by Mr. Churchill in his broadcast record of the sea war on Saturday. The Dutch fishing vessel Protinus had been bombed and machine-gunned and eight of the crew had been left adrift in an open boat. They were rescued by the British Navy ...

... The Terrific Baffles of 1914-15 and the Siege Operations of 1 939-40 set out in Comparative Tables 1914-15 Towards the end of the first six months of the Great War, the Western line extending from Verdun to the sea had become fixed, and although this picture was taken a little later, it typifies the mud and dirt of actual fighting condi tions. These men were moving up to trenches which might ...

... NOTHING TO REPORT But the War Goes on all Down the Line By HARRY J. GREENWALL THE other day, after I had addressed an informal meeting on various aspects of the war, the chairman, without reference, invited members of the audience to put questions to me. I wonder what's coming now, I thought to myself. Yet the trend of the questions set me thinking, because I discovered that people are puzzled ...

... Encountered by the Contraband Control in Neutral and Enemy Vessels NEATLY TIED BUNDLES OF BARK A naval search party is examining the cargo of a vessel which has been detained at a Contraband Control Station. The work is carried out as speedily as possible. Here a cargo of bark was being examined. Above on left is the Minister of Economic Warfare. Mr. Ronald Hibbert Cross 2>ACKS FULL OF ...

... AIRCRAFT IN H.M. SHIPS The Navy's Own Air Force Described by FRANK C. BOWEN CONTRARY to general belief, the Fleet Air Arm does not control all the aircraft which are used at sea; the coastal patrol flying boats which have done such gallant work convoying merchantmen and attacking German submarines are, for instance, under the Royal Air Force. The Navy is only concerned with the planes which ...

... Politicians and the Air Cannon A Little Gentle Criticism By CHARLES G. GREY (Founder of The Aeroplane THIS queer war has upset all calculations. We were fairly well prepared for a blitzkrieg, and then, as an intelligent young working woman remarked, the Germans let us down. So for six months we have had every chance of increasing our protective forces. Sir Kingsley Wood made some quite ...

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... the sphere travel bureau AND NOW, Mr. Iliisiiirss-Man! If you muse stay within reach of Town during the war, why not make your base at THE RED HOUSE. EE ATIIEKHE YD Frequent electric trains reach London in half an hour. A most comfortable, quiet hotel, a lovely garaen, excellent tennis courts. Telephone 2271 J Have You Ever? ENJOYED every minute of every day on the golf course, on the beach, ...

... A low altitude picture taken by the R.A.F. on April 10, showing four Heinkel H.E. 115 seaplanes moored off Bergen. This picture was actually taken during bombing operations; the large white shape at the top is a bomb actually dropping on its target THE DEATH OF A DORNIER 35 SECONDS! This flying -boat was brought down in 35 seconds in the North Sea on April 1 1 by a Hudson reconnaissance ...

... A CROSS-SECTION OF MHPXA/AV The Main Geographical INUIWVMT Features Described THIS CROSS-SECTION IS TYPICAL OF MANY OF THE PROFILES OF THE GREAT FIORDS OR INDENTATIONS OF THE COAST: The country into which Germany so recklessly plunged last week is one which offers many difficulties to an invader if the inhabitants are prepared to defend it. The cross-section at the head of this page shows at a ...

... HEROES ALL Gallant Deeds by Officers and Af.C.O.s of the British Air Force THE DUNDEE FLYING-OFFICER WHO BROUGHT DOWN A DORNIER Whilst flying at 19,000 ft., with another aircraft, this officer from Dundee sighted a Dornier flying-boat. After his colleague hac first engaged the enemy, the man from Dundee then attacked and saw the Dornier dive away to 2,000 ft. with one engine out of action. It ...