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... ARRIVAL AT DAKAR: A launch, flying General de Gaulle's tricolour and carrying his Envoy, off to meet the French Governor-General 1ERAL GIVES UP: With his officers, General de Gaulle es not to cause bloodshed by fighting against his compatriots at Dakar AT DUALA Casualties from the Dakar incident being ied ashore at Duala, where the General was received with open arms DUALA RECEIVES DE GAULLE: ...
... A WAR-TIME OPERATION AT SEA Salvaging a Damaged Trawler Drawing by Montague Dawson A helpless ship of any size is a very difficult tow, even in calm weather; if her rudder is jammed to one side or the other, as is often the case, it is impossible to do any good until a second ship makes fast astern and acts as a rudder by forcibly hauling her round. The first thing to be done is to establish ...
... The Fortress and Town of Gibraltar: And the Men Who Will Defend It 17 ach day the question of Gibraltar looms larger: the recent talks between Senor Suner and Herr Hitler in Germany, and between General Franco and Hitler on the Spanish Frontier, have stressed the importance of Spain's attitude to the Axis Powers and to Britain. There is no doubt that Gibraltar is prepared for any, and every, ...
... IIIHM i V- Vk LA LINEA AND THE NEUTRAL TERRITORY TO THE NORTH The Spanish town of La Linea is the home of the native workers in the British dockyard at Gibraltar. Next comes the neutral territory, the scene of many execution squads during the Spanish Civil War. The straight line running across the mid-picture is the British boundary with the famous Gibraltar racecourse below it: the latter is ...
... A n Historical Retrospect By Col onel Norman MacLeod, D. S.O. THE origin of the Highland dress is lost in the mists of antiquity. It appears as the dress of ancient warriors on sculptured stones dating from some time before Christ. Probably the simple mantle of the Greeks and Romans and the Segum of the Germans developed into the belted plaid of the Highlanders. Magnus Barefoot, according to ...
... WHAT WAS THAT A camera study of a fine set of Labrador Retrievers when this picture was taken they were in the possession of Air. Nigel Colman, M.P. AN EARLY FALL OF SNOW IN ESSEX A camera study by Douglas Went, of Brightlingsea ...
... I Children needing care and protection I because of the War are daily joining I OUR FAMILY OF 5r000 and it is a very hard struggle for us to feed I and clothe them in these critical times. I DO PLEASE HELP US I ...
... MR. EDEN IN THE NEAR EAST The War Minister during his visit to Egypt Mr. Anthony Eden, Secretary for War, has just returned from a four-weeks tour of the Middle East where he has been visiting all the British and Allied units operating in Eoypt, Palestine, the Sudan, and neighbouring territories. During the course of his tour Mr. Eden had talks \m t h Genera! Smuts, Premier of South Africa, ...
... THE BLACK SEA AS A STORM AREA-- The Political and Military Factors on a Complicated Chessboard FOUR countries have access to the Black Sea-- Russia, Turkey, Rumania, and Bulgaria-- and to all of them the question of the ownership of the narrow straits leading into the Mediterranean has been a matter of importance. After the Great War it was hoped that the straits might be demilitarised and ...
... By Frank H. Shaw A JAPANESE shipping agent in Kobe presents himself obsequiously at the British consul's office, bringing bills of lading and manifests of a cargo designed to be carried in a Maru ship to-- say-- Greece. The manifest is a sworn document, listing the cargo designed for Greece; the bills of lading are the vouchers authorising the manifest. Unless the British consul in Kobe, after ...
... By Winifred Lewis Clothes Everything points to the necessity for simple clothes this winter. We are living the kind of life which makes immaculate grooming difficult. Choose your winter outfits with this in view. Go for tailored suits and dresses, well-cut skirts and jumpers, simple things and no furbelows. Garments should be easy to put on. Intricate fastenings are a nuisance. The enforced ...
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