... THE GREAT FIRE IN DOCKLAND (Saturday, September 7) The Blacked-Out City in the Foreground Lit Up by the Smouldering Fires at the Docks This was the great blaze which London and the outer suburbs saw on Saturday night. The fire was caused during the daylight raid on Saturday afternoon last when several docks were hit despite the efforts of the A.F.S. it was impossible to subdue the flames ...

... WHAT THE LONDON BARRAGE LOOKS LIKE IN OPERATION The London Defences in Action on the Night of the 4th This picture, taken from a city roof-top, demonstrates the manner in which the anti aircraft barrage operated during the biq night attack which preceded the heavier ones of the week-end. On Wednesday evening, September 4, the alarm sounded at 9 o'clock and from then on large formations ...

... P\n Monday, after the two heavy night attacks of Saturday and Sunday, the King made a tour of the two working-class quarters which suffered so heavily from the reprisals bombers. He saw members of the splendid A. R. P. services actually at their work of clearing away debris and restoring order, and himself declared that everyone has been wonderfully brave THE KING IS GREETED BY THREE-YEARS ...

... WHAT are the CHANCES of INVASION Some of the Factors of Weather and Topography which will Have to be Carefully Taken into Account by the Invader ALTHOUGH the Nazi Government has up till now secured most of its successes by doing the things which were not expected, it would be running a colossal risk, even with its proved willingness to sacrifice enormous numbers to secure success, if it did ...

... THE HOME GUARD IN ACTION Carrying Out Realistic Exercises Under War-time Conditions, the First of Their Kind in South-West England THE EARL OF ESSEX, COMPANY COMMANDER, UNDER WHOM THE EXERCISE WAS CARRIED OUT, LISTENS TO THE LECTURE x. 1 1 1 I t ii w ii'iii I m mill 1 1 win BOMBING INSTRUCTION AT HURLINGHAM, CARRIED'OUT BY ASTURIAN MINERS, WHO ACQUIRED THEIR PROFICIENCY IN SPAIN A ...

... FRENCH I I yy T n I yy I yy CD 1^* /V Through Route from KANO to KHARTOUM, West to East, I 1^- I L Ax I lx I x.# A\ Opened Up by the Action of the French Central African Provinces 'THE secession of the Chad and Equatorial French Colonies 1 from the P6iain Government profoundly modifies our position for the better in Africa, for it opens up a direct unopposed route between our West African ...

... The FINE WORK of the BRITISH TRAWLER FLEET Whose Numbers Have Been Augmented by the Vessels of Other Countries ONE of the war's great disappointments for Germany is that Britain continues to get a steady supply of fish at a reasonable price, and the situation has, in fact, improved considerably during the last few months. If they were allowed to read them, the Billingsgate reports of weight ...

... FREE FRANCE IN EQUATORIAL A rp I f A t The Strange Mountain Barrier in the Lake Chad District which Con- r-A r l\ I V^/A fronts Italy's Libyan Territory, and Other Areas now with De Gaulle SPECIAL SPHERE SECTION JAGGED ROCK SCENERY IN THE TIBESTI MOUNTAINS: The Tibesti mountains exhibit some fantastic formations: the highest mountain is an old volcano with cliffs 1,300 ft. high. In places the ...

... LABOUR SUPPLY AND THE CENTRAL REGISTER The Second of a Short Series of Articles Dealing With the War-time Work of the Ministry of Labour By GORDON BECKLES MR. ERNEST BEVIN must look out of his windows at Montagu House with mixed feelings, for the view admirably sym bolises the Ministry of Labour's record. In the Whitehall foreground still stand the shabby bunga lows of 1917. shored k up now, ...

... e^lansdown grove hotels level, In the pure air of the Lansdown _ the hotel. English Chef, experienced heights, in a sheltered position with A ^1 in the special diet required by those south aspect and delightful views MM I H undergoing Spa treatment. Hotel over the- Roman City and country- motor 'bus at frequent intervals side, and everything conducive to perfect I to the Baths and Pump Room ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER- No. 54 32-34. St. Bride Street, E.C.4 THE BOMBING OF LONDON.-- The act of war, which we expected and pre pared for, has come on us and is continuing. The hub of the Empire is under a constant bombardment. Modern warfare and the invention of flying has made possible this supreme imbecility of a battering match. Our whole sympathy in this tragedy centres on the human victims, ...

... A fter nights of the most intensive bombing London has yet experienced the morale of the citizens of this great city remains unshaken. The damage has been severe but mostly in working-class districts, where hun dreds of poor, honest, respectable people were temporarily rendered homeless. In some cases their homes have been destroyed utterly, in others homes have had to be abandoned until ...