... The PADDLER and the RAIDER The Success of the One-Time Pleasure Steamer Lorna Doone IN happier days the Lorna Doone was a pleasure steamer which used to ply between Southampton and the Isle of Wight it has carried thousands of holiday- makers on that short trip. This year she celebrates her fiftieth birthday, having been built in 1891. To-day the 410-tons paddle- boat is known as H,M. Paddle ...

... FROM THE ENEMY'S CAMP And from Continental Countries Under His Domination THE PUPPET PRESIDENT SALUTES HIS CONQUERORS Father Josef Tiszo, the Quisling of Slovakia (on right), during the second anniversary of Slovak independence. On his right is Professor Tukka, the Slovak Premier. It was largely owing to Father Tiszo that the country of Czechoslovakia was invaded and taken over by the Germans ...

... WHAT IS THE POSITION OF SPAIN TO-DAY? GENERAL FRANCO, THE DICTATOR OF SPAIN, WITH ADMIRAL DARLAN OF FRANCE. The attitude of Spain is, at the present moment, giving rise to much speculation *jhis picture was taken during the visit of the Spanish Dictator to Montpellier, in France, some little time ago, when he met both Marshal Petain and Admiral Darlan. At the moment, all sorts of conjectures ...

... THE TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF A NAZI CONVOY, ESCORTED BY ITALIAN WAR VESSELS An impression of the action-- on the left, the Italian destroyer Luca Tarigo, 1,628 tons, is sinking; immediately to the right of her, in the background, is the British destroyer Mohawk (which later was sunk); on the right of the drawing the German ammunition ship of 4,000 tons is exploding before going to the bottom-- ...

... LONDON IS AGAIN HEAli |Y ATTACKED BY THE GERMANS St. Paul's Cathedral and Other Well-kijM ondon Churches and Hospitals are Again Hit by the Bombs ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL IS AGAIN BOMBED It suffered a direct hit on the North Transept The bomb launched on the night of the 16th fell through the saucer dome (which has gone completely) into the inner portico, where it hurled masonry into a pile of ...

... PROTECTING OUR PORTS Against ATTACK The Boom Defences, which Keep Out Enemy Vessels, and the Boom Defence Craft which Watch Over the Booms Described by FRANK C. BOWEN BOOMS of various kinds have been used for the defence of ports since the very beginning of sea warfare; the first definite mention goes back to 700 B.C., when gigantic chains were used at Byzantium, but they may have been older ...

... HITLER'S SEARCH FOR OIL Which Explains the Thrust into Albania, and the Drive Towards Iraq and the Eastern Mediterranean OIL is such a vital factor in modem warfare that it is possible to interpret the recent strategic course of the war in terms of oil. To do so, however, would be an over-simplification; to ignore the potency of the fact of oil would, on the other hand, be a vast error. Apart ...

... By A. 8 eeby Thompson THE obvious anxiety of Germany concerning her oil supplies is one of the factors which impel a movement eastwards towards the great oilfields of Rumania, Russia, Iraq and Persia. The domination of the Galician oilfields of Poland by the Axis Powers did not materially benefit the Germans, as for years the output has been small and falling, and extensive research had failed ...

... The Germans in Greece How the Powerful Thrust through Bulgaria and Albania Was Carried Out A GERMAN ARMOURED COLUMN PASSING THROUGH A BULGARIAN TOWN ON THE WAY TO THE FRONT it was only through the treachery of King Boris that this way was opened FIELD-MARSHAL LIST, GERMAN COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IN THE BALKANS, TALKS WITH A BULGARIAN STAFF OFFICER. The Bulgarian Government and staff have, ...

... The BATTLE of the TANKS in NORTH AFRICA: a„ ExPia„,o„ of the Tactics Employed-- By DONALD COWIE IN light of the growing realisation that properly organised columns of tanks can be well-nigh irresistible, it is interesting to gather and study all the available information about that remarkable German drive from Tripoli to Egypt. Whatever happens in the interim, there are hard lessons to be ...

... THE GERMANS IN LIBYA New Pictures Circulated for Propaganda purposes by the Enemy AFTER LANDING IN LIBYA Nazi airmen, in pith helmets and goggles, wait whilfe a transport plane is unloaded of supplies. The German caption states that these supplies were for Messerschmitt fighters A NAZI GENERAL LISTENS TO THE ITALIANS The two Allies confer on meeting. The Nazis seem a little free and easy as ...

... We Are Giving It Back And Our Bombing Attacks on Germany and Berlin are Increasing in Weight, as Mr. Winston Churchill Promised that they Would THE MEN WHO DIRECT OUR STRATEGY IN THE AIR a picture taken at a recent session of the Air Council in Whitehall. These three men are responsible for the conduct of the war in the air they are Captain Harold Balfour (Under-Secretary) Sir Archibald ...