... The CAPTURE of ASMARA on APRIL I And General Electric Whiskers in Captivity ASMARA, APRIL I BRITISH AND INDIAN TROOPS IN BREN-GUN CARRIERS ENTER THE ERITREAN CAPITAL AFTER ITS CAPITULATION TO GENERAL PLATT'S FORCES BRITISH FORCES ENTERING THE DESERTED STREETS OF ASMARA JUST AFTER A HEAVY RAINSTORM. THESE MEN COMPRISE AN INDIAN BATTALION WHICH PARTICIPATED IN THE ADVANCE SOME OF THE ITALIAN ...

... WOMEN IN BATTLE-DRESS-A FIRST PICTURE THE FIRST BRITISH WOMEN TO JOIN THE FIGHTING FORCES-- and Their Recently Issued Battle-Dress Uniform The vomen are operating predictors at anti-aircraft gun posts, and are working in t. Josest co-operation with our fighting forces they are all members of the Aux ry Territorial Service, and specially picked because of their knowledge of I the subjects ...

... Other Things Than War Shape of Things to Gome Hahit Dies Hard /y It's All Done for Youy/; and A Word on Nue Speling NO RICH.-- However favour ably for our cause, however soon, the war ends, we may, as a result of the new Budget and of our knowledge of what this war and the post-war recon struction will cost, confidently assert that for seven years at the least there will be no rich man in ...

... THE METAMORPHOSIS OF THE BALLOON How It Developed from the Captive Observation Balloon, through the Blimp and Elaborate Rigid Airship, Bach to the Captive Barrage Balloon of I o-day. By LEONARD BRIDGMAN IT may not be generally accepted by the man in the street that the generic term aircraft is all-embracing to include even the humble barrage balloon, thousands of which stand to-day in silent ...

... THE BALKAN TRANSFORMATION And the Factors of Mechanical Superiority which have Brought It About in Favour of Germany AFFAIRS in the Middle East have entered upon a critical phase. The Germans have overrun Greece, they are on the frontiers of Turkey Most of Italian Libya is now back in the hands of the Axis Powers, and Egypt is again invaded. Such a transformation would seem incredible in such ...

... CRETE: ISLAND OF LIBERTY And Now the New Grecian G.H.Q. By FERDINAND TUOHY IF we decide to try and hang on to Crete, three principal reasons will operate: (1) it will enable the Greeks to carry on their fight for liberation from free Grecian soil; (2) it will give the Allies use of the first-rate harbour of Suda Bay, together with such air-base facilities as we have been able to organise in ...

... THE KING INSPECTS THE HOME GUARD: FOR THE FIRST TIME THEY MOUNT THE KING'S GUARD AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE TO COMMEMORATE THEIR FOUNDATION TWELVE MONTHS AGO A few days ago, the Home Guard commemorated their first birthday. To mark this event, they had the honour of mounting their first King's Guard at Buckingham Palace. Led by the band of the Grenadier Guards, they marched from Wellington Barracks ...

... The GREAT RAID of MAY 10-11: Th Destruction Wrought in Westminster THE HOUSE OF COMMONS WRECKED A view of the Chamber looking towards the spot where once the Speaker's Chair stood it is now a complete shambles. In the background of this view are the Ladies' Gallery and the Press Gallery. Practically nothing of this historic Chamber has survived the bomber's fury. Parliament is now deliberating ...

... WHEN the NAVY CARRIES OUT A BOMBARDMENT The Terrific Detail Work Involved, in which all Branches Must Co-operate Described by FRANK BOWEN WHY DESTROYER LOSSES are HIGH Vulnerability Caused by Specialised Design By F. B. THE destroyer service is one of the most popular in the Navy, but nobody can pretend that it is either restful or safe. As it is impossible to give a destroyer any armour ...

... The M.L.s of the ROYAL NAVY The New Motor Patrol Vessels Used for Convoy Duties and Against the German E- Boats ET very night, the German E-boats lie in wait in the dark Channel waters, lying low until a convoy comes along. And every night, from bases on the East Coast, Britain's new pocket destroyers the motor torpedo- boats go a-hunting in pursuit of these commerce raiders. To ferret out the ...

... THE MEN OF THE JNITED STATES NAVY How the Personnel of the eet are Recruited and Trained THE United States Navy has been attracting so much interest in Britain recently, particularly since the question of convoying the supply ships across the Atlantic has been to the fore, that most people in the country have a very fair idea of its material strength, but the personnel side is quite another ...

... A convoy, escorted by British destroyers, has just reached this country from America. It included tankers laden with oil, cargo ships laden with planes, food vessels, and others. The convoy had been escorted, amongst other vessels, by two ex-American destroyers and a Free French light cruiser. Its safe arrival denoted another quiet, unspectacular victory typical of those being won every day in ...