... Other Things Than War Of J.M.B. And of the Luckiest Graftsmen Generally With a Note on Our Private Vaticans J.M.B.-- It is always a question whether the most exhaustive and admirable biography of a well-known public figure, written after his death but during the lifetime of his contemporaries, can ever tell one anything essential of his character which the public do not already know. The ...

... It is believed that in the attacks on Crete, the Nazis are staging a full-dress rehearsal for a probable in\ vasion of Britain if this is so, it makes their present technique of even greater interest. This is how Hitler's invasion tactics have developed up to the present first came the swarms of dive-bombers, which sought out our anti-aircraft positions and hammered them unceasingly then, in ...

... THE ARABS AND THE WAR IN IRAQ An Account of the Present Situation in Arabia With Some Notes on the Arab Tribes By MAJOR C. S. JARVIS THE army rebellion in Iraq against its own Govern ment and against the British forces (which, according to the treaty made with that country have the fullest rights to be there), recalls the fact that this state, then Mesopotamia, contributed during the last war ...

... The MODERN KNIGHT in ARMOUR To Survive in Warfare To-day, Armour-Plating is Essential and All Combatants must Fight from Behind Strong Steel Shields By DONALD COWIE AN outstanding feature of this war has been the increased use of armoured protection, not only for warships-- which monopolised this form of de fence over a long period-- but also for fighting vehicles, guns, aircraft, men. It ...

... Nearly 3,000,000 Tons out of a Total of 4,500,000 German Tonnage and 3,425,000 Italian has been Lost to These Two Enemies Since the War Began By FRANK BOWEN ONE of Germany's pet plans, which appears to have been formulated well before the outbreak of war, is to make herself the world's one great shipping and ship building power. At the present time the people, especially in the big seaport ...

... NOWHERE in Africa, and perhaps in the whole field of the present war, has there been such a spectacular setting for warfare as was provided at Amba Alagi, the scene of the Duke of Aosta's last stand. The cliffs lining the Amba Alagi Pass are fantastically abrupt and the canyons deep and often filled with wreaths of cloud. The Peak itself rises steeply from the roadway through the Pass. The ...

... The LATEST from the UNITED STATES The Huge Boeing Super-Clipper, and the P. 38 Single-Seat Fighter With Further News of the Activities of Our Own Fine Flying-Boat, the Very Big and Capacious Short Sunderland On left THE COLOSSAL TAIL OF A SHORT SUNDERLAND An idea of the huge size of these flying-boats can be gained from this picture. The top of the fin is 32 ft. I0J in. from the ground at the ...

... Hitler's Bid For Syria By FERDINAND TUOHY WHAT sharply occupies us at the moment with regard to Syria is whether Germany will use its landing-grounds and harbours for pushing by air to reinforce Rashid in Iraq. We may get further warning in the shape of an intermediate move on Cyprus, which lies roughly 300 miles from Italian air-fields on Rhodes, and 150 miles from those near Damascus. As ...

... THE NAVY'S NEW ADDITION H.M.S. Prince of Wales, Which is Now in Commission With the Fleet Following on the recent news that the King George V is now in service with the Royal Navy comes similar news of her sister-ship, H.M.S. Prince of Wales. Costing seven million pounds, the new vessel is a 35,000-ton battleship launched at Birkenhead in May 1939. She has ten 14-in. guns, each of which fires ...

... BROADCASTING THE BATTLE OF KEREN Mr. Richard Dimbleby, the B.B.C. commentator, is here seen describing the progress of the battle. He is within sight of the troops up forward, and is making a record for transmission to listeners at home whilst actually under shell fire AT A ROAD JUNCTION NEAR KEREN Indian troops occupying what was formerly an Italian stronghold on the road to the mountain ...

... A DETACHMENT OF WOMEN DRIVERS FROM BRITAIN ARRIVE IN CAIRO FOR SERVICE WITH OUR FORCES IN THE MIDDLE EAST THE WORKING UNIFORM OF THE WOMEN'S MECHANISED TRANSPORT CORPS IN THE MIDDLE EAST A company of the Women's Mechanised Transport Corps has just arrived in Cairo for service with the Middle East Forces. It consists of fifty-one girls from the British Isles, with their Commandant and a number ...

... The United States Forges Ahead The Early Completion of the North Carolina and other 35,000-tonners-- ■Discussed by FRANK BOWEN THE commissioning of the new American battleship. North Carolina, a good months ahead of schedule time has naturally aroused the greatest and enthusiasm in the United States, for she is the beginning of the new first against Japanese aggression and marks a ...