... FOR RAIDS ON GERMANY Preparing Fresh Surprises for Military Objectives on the Continent Mr. Churchill has told us, more than once, that after having endured for months the terroristic bombings of German airmen, we shall soon be in a position to give it back with interest. Lord Beaverbrook, the Minister for Aircraft Production, has also paid tribute to the boys in the back room who have ...

... The U.S. Coast Guard Cutters Ten of which have been Sent from the U.S. MR. CHURCHILL'S announcement to the House of Commons that ten U.S. Coast Guard cutters had been placed at the disposal of the British Navy and would soon be in action, is of great importance, for this is a type in which the Navy is absolutely deficient and which can be of immense use for protecting the food ships. The title ...

... The DRAMATIC SEIZURE of SPITZBERGEN A Series of British Official Pictures SPITZBERGEN ABLAZE AS THE CANADIAN TROOPS LEFT The burning coal dumps as seen from the air after 150,000 tons were burnt to prevent the Germans us ig it. Everything of value to the enemy's war effort was destroyed, and fires were blazing long after the Canadians had sailed away for Britain A BRITISH DESTROYER ALONGSIDE A ...

... Once Again Figuring in the News from Iran, this Road was the Scene of Extra ordinary Exploits by Dunsterforce in 1918 THE Hamadan Road, along which the British forces now occupying certain parts of Iran advanced, was the scene of one of the most remarkable episodes during the latter part of the Great War 1914-18. Towards the end of 1917, a number of officers, carefully selected for various ...

... The Bristles and Bumps How the Fighting Aircraft of the R.A.F. are being Developed Under Actual Wartime Conditions By LEONARD R. GRIBBLE ON an aerodrome somewhere in England three veterans of the Battle of Britain stood surveying one of the latest Spitfires after return from a successful Channel sweep. You can't deny, said one, with a touch of wist- fulness in his tone, that we 're losing ...

... SHE OPERATES A SMITHY ON WHEELS Although only twenty years of age, Mrs. Anne Hughes has been married for three years. With her husband, Alfred, she takes her miniature anvil round the villages of Surrey, towing it behind their tandem-cycle for miles around Woking. Then, with shoes already fashioned at the home forge, they shoe the horses on the spot, thus saving the horses' legs and the ...

... MORE ABOUT THE NIGHT RAIDER Notes on the Lesser-Knowri Duties of Our Anti-Aircraft Men MUCH has been written about the work of our anti aircraft batteries, yet many aspects of this most important occupation-- perhaps the most important single job in the Army to-day-- are not thoroughly understood. Two instruments, the predictor and the height-finder, have been frequently described, and ...

... MODERN instrument-flying has removed many of the terrors of the weather from long bombing raids. Without all the modern aids to navigation and blind flying, few of the long night flights over enemy territory would be possible, however perfect the aero planes in other respects. Nor could the steady stream of bombers be delivered by air across the Atlantic. Only three types of bad weather ...

... And an Admiral's Ideas on Air Attack by C. G. GREY (Founder of The Aeroplane) YEARS and years ago there was a blazing row between Admiral Sir Percy Scott, the gunnery specialist, and Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, who bombarded Alexandria, both since deceased, much to the diminution of the joy of nations. Com modore Scott, as he was then, I think, was going to take his squadron out into the ...

... WHERE FRANCE RECRUITS PART OF HER AFRICAN ARMY The Picturesque District Inhabited by the Mossi, Many of Whom are Recruited into France's Native Regiments in Africa In the huge territories which composed the Bloc Africain before the war, there is a picturesque district ruled by a dark skinned Emperor. He is the Ruler of the Mossi, exer cising local control of the region under the supervision of ...

... Which Illustrate Some of the Enemy Tactics During the Campaigns on the Northern Sector and in the Ukraine THE THOROUGHNESS WITH WHICH COMMUNICATIONS WERE WRECKED BY THE RUSSIANS This picture is supposed to show how clever the Germans are in the work of reconstructing the devastated bridges of Russia but it also shows how thoroughly the Russians performed their self- appointed task of ...

... 44 PUSH AND PAUSE ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT Throughout the Present Campaign the German Advance has Followed a Set Programme Three Days of Furious Advance Followed by Ten Days to Re-equip and Remount the Plaited Offensive. Why this Method has been Imposed on the Germans is Described Here in a Series of Special Notes and Diagram Drawings AN analysis of the four and a half months of fighting on the ...