... When the situation in Crete became acute, the King of the Hellenes left his house, which was situated to the south-west of the town of Canea, and joined the Greek Prime Minister at Perivola. The King then took up residence in a house commanding a wide view of the countryside this new house was protected by an escort of the Greek Gendarmerie and a platoon of New Zealanders commanded by 2nd ...

... WHAT AN INVASION BY AIR LOOKS LIKE: Pictures from the Island of Crete The methods followed by the Germans in their air attacks on the island of Crete are arly shown in the pictures reproduced here. (All of them are Admiralty pictures which have ju- een officially released and all of them were taken at Heraklion, near Candia.) The aero ime was first subjected to bombing from German aircraft ...

... WHO IS THE GRAND MUFTI, Vtaker of Trouble Amongst the Arab Tribes? THE flight of the former Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al Husseini, from Bagdad on the approach of our troops is significant. He is said to have gone to Teheran in Iran. What he feared was arrest, and the British have a long list of charges against him. Indeed, there is every evidence that Haj Husseini was largely ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER-No. 102 I, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Signs and Portents.-- it is difficult, even while we accept the hard truth that the shots in Hitler's locker are very many and very devastating, not to feel the dawnings of a new optimism, which even counterstrokes and bitter setbacks cannot altogether banish. The Russian business had, in the seventh week, thrown on the screen of Europe the ...

... TWO AIR MINISTRY PICTURES WHICH DEMONSTRATE HOW THE R.A.F. CARRY OUT THEIR ATTACKS ON ENEMY SHIPPING T widespread range of operations carried out by our bombers is well exemplified in the two p! es above. The one on the left shows an aircraft of the Bomber Command attacking a vessel o; 00 tons off the west coast of Holland two hits were scored on the stern of the ship, w!.. ...

... V WARFARE-- ITS CHANCES AND RISKS The Revolution by Radio, in which the Subject Peoples of Europe are Being Schooled to Organise Against Quislings, Occupation Troops, New Orders, etc., is Here Discussed in All Its Implications By FERDINAND TUOHY I HAD come to associate the V sign with a mysteri ous Colonel Verdun, first to begin courageous underground operations against the Germans in ...

... WAR AND PEACE: Some Contrast ing Scenes from Different Parts of the Country A BOYS' BRIGADE CAMP AT ETON COLLEGE The vanguard of 600 London boys, members of the Boys' Brigade, are now encamped on the famous Agar's Plough at Eton, owing to the kindness of the Headmaster, who has given them permission to do so. Throughout the month of August the boys will occupy the site in relays of 150. Here ...

... DEFENDERS OF THEIR HOMES IN RUSSIA A band of Cossack volunteers in action again the Germans The Cossacks were ever a free and independent people. In the present war against the ordes of invaders many of these fine fighting men are serving with Marshal Budenny's Army in the U -aine. Many others have joined the Popular Volunteer Force and are serving in various capacities at the frc and to the ...

... DAMAGED BOMBERS are MADE to FLY AGAIN: STRIPPED OF ITS WINGS AND ENGINES, A WELLINGTON FUSELAGE ARRIVES AT THE DEPOT FOR REPAIR This portion of the aircraft is handled as one whole unit SECTIONS OF THE FUSELAGE BEING REPAIRED: A picture which demonstrates the unique Geodetic (or basket-work) construction of the Wellington bomber Dombers may be damaged during raids, or on other occasions, but ...

... ON July 19 Moscow staged an elaborate air-raid test-- guns, planes and search lights being brought into action. Two nights later the city experienced its first real raid from German bombers. It was calculated that some 200 planes were employed in the raid, but only a few aircraft succeeded in penetrating the ten or twelve rings of A. -A. gun batteries which are stated to surround the city. The ...

... THE LAST MOMENTS OF THE ARK ROYAL: Further Official Pictures HEELING OVER TO STARBOARD AFTER THE TORPEDOING A picture taken by a Catalina aircraft whilst a destroyer was proceeding alongside to take off survivors ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNNERS GO OVER THE SIDE by a rope attached to a gun sponson. There was a destroyer waiting to rescue the men at the other end A NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT WERE LINED UP ON THE ...

... The Submarine of To-day The Slim Lines of the New U.S. Types Compared With Those of the More Bulbous British Vessels On left This submarine was one of two British underwater craft, details of whose performance in icy Arctic waters have just been published. Trident, under the command of Commander G. M. Sladen, D.S.C., sank three enemy ships, left four others so badly damaged that they probably ...