... STRENGTHENING the SHIPS of the LINE The New British Battleship H.M.S. Prince of Wales, Now in Commission H.M.S. REVENGE, ROYAL SOVEREIGN AND RAMI LLI ES --THREE BATTLESHIPS LAUNCHED DURING THE LAST WAR AND NOW IN THE FIRST LINE OF THE ROYAL NAVY THE MIGHT OF BRITAIN'S FIRST LINE OF SHIPS THE BATTLE-CRUISER RENOWN (NEAREST THE CAMERA), FOLLOWED BY THE HOOD, VALIANT, BARHAM. RODNEY ...

... FROM THE ISLAND OF MALTA Uur Heavily Bombed Possession in the Great Inland Sea OITUATED in mid-Mediterranean, Malta has vJ been subjected during recent months to heavy and concentrated bombardment from the air by Italian and German aircraft. And vali antly have the islanders withstood their ordeal. What we usually describe as Malta reallv consists of three islands Malta, Gozo and Comino the ...

... THc WAR SPREADS TO THE KIRKUK OIL-FIELDS: WHENCE RUNS THE PIPE-LINE FROM THE IRAQ OIL-PRODUCING CENTRE TO HAIFA ON THE MEDITERRANEAN. It is for Control of These Oil Wells That Fighting is Now Taking Place ^t Kirkuk and Mosul (which is near to the former) are British oil wells which are connected to the port of Haifa. Lying as they do to the rear of Turkey, these wells are greatly coveted by ...