... An Account of what has been Going on Behind the Veil in this Former Paradise of the Wealthy Since its Abandonment by the Great Majority of its Former British Residents By FERDINAND TUOHY A HARDY RACE! wrote Madame de Stael after seeing some English at Villafranca in 1760. This is the first record of les Anglais in that bright corner of France which they far more than any. others were to ...

... A ROYAL PARTY at the PALACE And Pictures from the United States Spain and Japan On left The King and Queen have just given a historic party at Bucking ham Palace, not the slightest detail of which was allowed to be revealed beforehand as a safeguard against an attempt at air-raid attack by the enemy. As is well known, the Palace has already suffered at the hands of Nazi bombers. At the party ...

... -- -By Sea and by Air THE R.A.F. ATTACK ON A GERMAN CONVOY IN HELIGOLAND BIGHT, ON JULY 30-- a direct hit amidships on a 500-ton ship which was left by the bombers well alight. The Blenheims taking part in the attack flew almost between the masts of the vessels they were attacking (See also picture below NAZIS FIRE THEIR SHIP IN THE ATLANTIC: The Battle of the Atlantic is not always defence of ...

... A DISTANT VIEW OF THE CONVOY STEAMING ON ITS WAY THROUGH A HEAVY BARRAGE PUT UP BY OUR OWN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS The convoy was an important ore it was subjected to attack by Italian and German submarines and aircraft over a period of three days but it nevertheless got through safely, despite wild Italian cla ns A BRITISH DESTROYER PICKS UP A DINGHY During the air fighting three of our naval ...

... Without Coming Out into the Open, Vichy Policy is Now Being Directed in All Parts of the World Against the Democracies This Situation is Discussed in the Following Article By FERDINAND TUOHY ON the eve of the Syrian campaign Mr. Eden proclaimed that we would attack the Nazis where we found them and that their assembling on allegedly neutral territory would not protect them. It is high time a ...

... GUERILLA WARFARE in RUSSIA How the German Invaders are Met by the Soviet Soldiers in Bitter Fighting Behind the Lines RUSSIAN GUERILLA TROOPS, PURPOSELY LEFT BEHIND DURING THE GERMAN ADVANCE, ATTACK A TRAIN BEARING ENEMY TROOPS- -Drawing by T. Walker The Russians have introduced a new element into their campaign that of the guerilla band. Hitherto the Germans have terrified their opponents, ...

... WHEN OUR TURN COMES These are the Methods which will be Used by the British Army when we Invade the Enemy's Territory. All these are Official Pictures and were Taken During Recent Operations in Britain PACK ANIMALS CAN GO WHERE LORRIES CANNOT During recent exercises in the Western Command, Indian troops with pack ponies and mules were used in certain of the operations. The object of this was ...

... The Move Southward by Japan Not Only Involves British and American Interests in the Far East It May Also Carry Grave Implications for China, Against Whom Japan Has Been Waging Unavailing Warfare for Years By F. E. DEAN WHAT does Japan's southward move portend for China? Well-informed Chinese believe that China continues to be the main objective, whatever else may lie within the orbit of ...

... BRITISH MERCHANTMEN ARE REACHING THE ISLAND A view of one of the docks in Cyprus, showing a whole fleet of steamers discharging their cargoes to the shore warehouses under the eyes of British guards- -This is an Official War Office Photograph THIS IS A PLEASING SIGHT TO THE CYPRIOTES British light tanks (of which there are now a number) passing through one of the villages on the island A Light ...

... The BRITISH ADVANCE INTO SYRIA Damascus The Mother City of the World WHEN France took over Syria from the League of Nations it was expected that she would make Damascus the capital of her newly acquired mandated territory. That distinction, however, was conferred upon Beyrout, on the coast. Yet Damascus was, and always had been, the principal trading centre of Southern Syria. There is no city ...

... HOT WEATHER WARFARE Conditions in the Libyan Desert Amidst the Heat and the Sand Described by Major C. S. JARVIS OUR troops operating, in Libya are now experiencing the full blaze of the summer heat, which will continue with slight variations in intensity until the middle of September, when, with the approach of autumn, there will be an appreciable cooling off. The temperature in this desert ...

... ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND MILES at SEA-- H. M.S. Tartar's Wartime Steaming Record THE Tyneside shipbuilders and engineers in Messrs. Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson's Yard share with all hands on board H.M. Flotilla Leader Tartar, of the Tribal class, intense pride in the astounding steaming performance of that ship, which claims to be the first to have completed 100,000 miles at sea since the ...