... PARACHUTISTS ARE (AS ON PREVIOUS OCCASIONS) IN THE NEWS AGAIN HERE IS A CLOSE-UP OF OUR OWN PARACHUTE TROOPS A picture taken during last Sunday's demonstration, which was witnessed by the King Cince the invasion of the Low Countries, parachutists have been consistently in the war news, and in Crete we are now witnessing the most serious attempt yet made by the enemy to capitalise to the full ...

... Where New Zealand, British, and Greek Troops are Fighting the Parachute Troops Dropped by the Germans in Successive Waves A special Sphere Section -ItKt int itvtKtil MbmlNb HAi I AKEN PLACE IHt MALEME-CANEA AREA IN CRETE From Maleme aerodrome (which at the beginning of the week was in enemy hands, although commanded by our gunfire) to Canea is an eight- to ten-mile stretch. It is .here that ...

... A BRIEF communique by the Admiralty in March, to the effect that H.M.S. Leander had encountered the fast Italian merchant-ship R.A.M.B. armed with 4-7-in. guns, and acting as a raider, and had forced her to surrender with her fifth salvo and in May, an equally brief one that a German armed merchant-cruiser had been intercepted and sunk by H.M.S. Cornwall, twenty-seven British merchant- seamen ...

... THE MEN WHO DO THE WORK The Officers and Sergeants of the Royal Air Force RANKS in the Royal Air Force seem to be more confused in the mind of the average man than those of any other Service. That is perhaps natural, for there are Flying Officers who have never flown, Squadron Leaders who have never commanded a squadron, and even some Wing Commanders who do not know one aeroplane from another. ...

... OTHER THINGS THAN WAR The Passing of Dinner and of Courtesy in Diplomacy Chance Immortality The Fog of Political Controversy AND NOW DINNER. --You may remember Duffer's Drift and how in one of his dreams of its defence, Lieutenant Backsight- Fore thought, beaten as usual by the Boers, had been ordered by his captors to surrender one by one his arms and pieces of equipment, and how at last ...

... WITHIN the BRITISH LINES at TOBRUK Where British Imperial Forces have been Holding up the German-Italian Drive to Suez The latest official pictures ALTHOUGH besieged by the enemy, the British Imperial Forces at Tobruk are by no means inactive. So long as this strong hold maintains its defence, it must remain a menace to the enemy's flanks and the advance on Suez will be held up, quite apart ...

... RECALLING THE RAIDERS A RECENT raid on Merseyside and the West Country ceased with great suddenness; so abruptly, indeed, that many have conjectured the reason. One perfectly sound theory is that the German bombers received a radio message regarding a deteriora tion in weather at their home aero drome, with a likelihood of heavy fog. it is believed that enemy aero dromes in occupied France ...

... MOSS BROS. MOSS BROS. Officers' UNIFORMS Ready for Wear The speed with which we can provide complete Out fits surprises even the Senior Service and though we h ourselves say it our Uniforms, thoroughly H well tailored and correct Y in detail, are a credit to every Officer who comes to Moss Bros. This can equally be said of all other items of equipment for Home Waters or the Tropics. We can, if ...

... INTELLIGENCE WORK IS HARDER NOW A Survey of the Situation with Regard to the British Secret Service By FERDINAND TUOHY INFORMATION, said Mr. Hore-Belisha, is the weakest spot in our strategical armour. Mr. Churchill retorted that our Intelligence Service, which was considered the best in the last war, was not the worst in the world to-day. Yet this did not satisfy a lot of people, and ...

... Official pictures Phese pictures were taken by a British official ihotographer, who himself .vas one of those taking part n the evacuation and who ravelled with the retreating orces night and day. Most of the marches through Greece were carried out by night, as German planes were machine-gunning and dive-bombing the roads dur ing the day. When the coast was finally reached every available ...

... ftR. BARNARDO S HOMES I 25,000 meals HS'lSSctnVr PLEASE HELP! HI WILL FEED ONE CHILD I/1 FOR TEN DAYS. 2,913 Barnardo Old Boys are serving in the Forces: 32 have given their lives. Cheques, etc. (crossed), payable Dr. Barnardo's Homes, should be sent to 20 Barnardo House. Stepney Causeway, London, E.I. ...

... 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 ...