... THE PREMIER SPEAKS TO THE DOCKYARD WORKERS Mr. Winston Churchill recently paid a visit to the North, where his programme included visits to various naval units. With him was Mr. Harry Hopkins, President Roosevelt's special envoy to this country H THE LORD PROVOST OF GLASGOW The Premier's tour also in cluded a visit to Glasgow, where he inspected the Civic Defence Organisation. Besides Mr. ...

... AN ESCAPE FROM THE WAR The Romance of a Peerage: Lord Nuffield's Pedigree: The Year' s Rainfall Green Peas at Christmas A Coming Centenary VOLUME XIII. COM- PLETE PEERAGE.-- The XUIth volume of the Complete Peerage deserves a special notice. If you have never looked inside this monumental work, begun by Mr. Vicary Gibbs and continued by Mr. Doubleday (with many strong supporters and helpers) ...

... THE MEN WHO FOUGHT AT BARDIA THE CREW OF A BRITISH TANK BEFORE THE ASSAULT This picture, one of a series of official photographs just arrived in this country from the Western Desert, was taken on Christmas morning in front of Bardia. The men standing before their tank are eating a Christmas pudding made of biscuits, prunes, marmalade and rum. They have been fighting in the desert since the ...

... PREPARING for the CAPTURE of BARDIA Scenes at Solium and Fort Capuzzo, which Fell to British Forces After the Capture of Sidi Barrani, and During the Advance on Bardia and Tobruk AFTER THE FALL OF SOLLUM AN ITALIAN STATION NOW USED BY BRITISH SAILORS AS A SIGNAL BASE It was partly because of the ignorance of what Sea Power means that the Italians have suffered such crushing blows in Libya ...

... The ASSAULT on BARDIA Scenes During the Operations which Culminated in the Fall of this Italian Stronghold on Sunday, January 5 The Libyan stronghold of Bardia fell to the British attackers at 1.30 p.m. on Sunday, January 3. It is now known that nearly 45,000 prisoners were taken at Bardia in addition, we captured or destroyed 368 medium guns and field guns 26 heavy anti aircraft guns 68 ...

... GENERAL SMUTS in EAST AFRICA On a Visit to the South African Fighting Forces in Kenya GENERAL JAN SMUTS IN THE FRONT LINE IN EAST AFRICA Not only is he Prime Minister and Minister of External Affairs, but also Commander- in-Chief of the South African Forces. He is a very vigorous man of affairs at seventy years of age, and believes in seeing things for himself THE SOUTH AFRICAN PREMIER AND ...

... First Pictures of the new Black burn BOTHA I., now in Service with the R.A.F. Official Air Ministry Photographs HThe Blackburn Company which produces the Skua and Roc aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm have now produced a new type of bomber which is actually in service with the R.A.F. It is win-engined aircraft, and has been designed to carry tor -does as well as bombs; 1 undoubtedly prove even itv ...

... THE name corvette was revived in the early days of this war for the ships which were built to replace the Herbaceous Border sloops of the late war, and which have inherited their flower names. When the first were ordered under the pre-war estimates they were described as whalers. Although not as fast as the cruisers or destroyers, the corvettes can do a great deal of their work for a very ...

... NEARLY 100,000 ITALIANS OUT OF ACTION ALREADY IN LIBYA: TYPES OF THE SOLDIERS NOW TAKEN PRISONER yN^fter the evacuation of Dunkirk and all the heavy fighting involved in that operation, it was estimated that some 44,000 British soldiers had been made prisoner by the Germans. But in Libya alone since the present struggle began on December 9, fully 70,000 Italians have actually been captured and ...

... THE VICTORY AT BARDIA With the Capture of 30,000 Italian Prisoners at the Price of 400 Australian Casualties THE AREA IN WHICH THE OPERATIONS TOOK PLACE After the taking of Sidi Barrani, it was suggested that a considerable pause might take place, but in a bare fortnight British and Imperial forces had advanced westwards towards Bardia, and even penetrated farther afield in the direction of ...

... Aftermath at Sidi Barrani And Towns Bombed and Captured by the British Forces A CAPTURED GUN IN THE MAIN STREET OF SIDI BARRANI This large-calibre gun was one of over three hundred captured during the Sidi Barrani battle. It was carried on heavy double-tyred wheels and probably intended for defence against naval bombardment BY THE SAD SEA WAVES OF THE SIDI BARRANI COAST The flow of battle has ...

... THE BURNING OF LONDON CITY The Enemy's Attempt to Fire the Historic Centre of London by Incendiary Bombs on the Jsfight of Sunday, December 29 AFTER THE FLAMES HAD DIED DOWN-- THE BURNED-OUT AREA NORTH-WEST OF ST. PAUL'S SEEN FROM THE GOLDEN GALLERY In the immediate fore ground are some buildings of St. Paul's Churchyard, all of them burned farther back in the view, slanting upwards to the ...