... 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 ...

... -J** 00*^ f fi>rtl,e stfa/i y Viyella Regd. ^errice^ fkirts Viyella service Shirts remain cheerfully themselves throughout really tough wear. They wash perfectly and are tailored for comfort and service and in every detail are worthy of the uniform to which they are companions. In Regulation Khaki, 16/4 with two collars, 20/-). Viyella Khaki Socks, 5/7. Viyella Khaki Ties, jj/-. (Prices ...

... A Tsjote by Hermione Beauclerk THE present focus of interest in the Far East is on French Indo-China, which covers a tract of widely different land, some twenty-nine thousand square miles; enclosed in the huge S of its frontiers live more than 17,000,000 people, ranging from the short, primitive Mois, of doubtful origin, to the tall (for those parts) swarthy Tongkingese. He who has travelled ...

... THE STRANGE STORY OF THE NINE CORAL ISLETS A JAPANESE EXPEDITION SETS OUT TO RECLAIM THE GUANO ISLANDS FROM FRANCE A SMALL JAPANESE BOAT LYING AT ANCHOR OFF SOUTH DANGER ISLAND DURING THE DISPUTE BETWEEN JAPAN AND FRANCE WRECKAGE OF A FORMER JAPANESE OCCUPATION ALL THAT WAS LEFT IN 1933 OF THE OFFICES AND PIER ERECTED BY THE JAPANESE LASA ISLAND PHOSPHATE COMPANY DURING ITS PHOSPHATE-GATHERING ...

... It is a Traditional Cockpit of War Covering Portions of Three Balkan Countries; and its Inhabitants have been Warriors and Conspirators for Scores of years ONCE A MEMBER OF THE DESPERATE COM- MITAJIS To-day this man is an old hermit living near the famous Ri la Monastery, now reported to be German Headquarters in Bujgaria. He was once a famous fighter for freedom, and for years lived a Robin ...

... (By J. E. Pryde-Hughes) THE ancient land of Macedonia lies across three more modern countries: Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Greece. Each of these countries claims Macedonia as its own, but neither in speech nor race can anyone maintain the claim, for the land of classic history contains not so much the elements of the days of Alexander, the Celts, Greeks and Romans, as an old Slav base with a ...

... THE STRUGGLE FOR KEREN A Key Point which May Decide in One Stroke the Fate of the Whole of Eritrea AT the beginning of last month the forces of both sides began gradually to mass their men, artillery and mechanised units in and around Keren, an important Christian and Muslim centre which has grown in size of recent years owing to its popularity as a health resort. The -British Imperial forces ...

... T LI C Pa D A ru I ITC III M n r* n Wonderful New Study from the United States which I t I r\ l\ L M wit J U M rtK Shows the Technique of this Newest Form of Warfare AT THE MOMENT OF LEAVING THE AIRCRAFT: THE CORD WHICH WILL ULTIMATELY PULL OPEN THE PARACHUTE PACK IS HERE CLEARLY SEEN For very obvious reasons no pictures of our own parachute troops can yet be released for publication. ...