... The ESCAPE of the KING of GREECE from CRETE How He was Succoured in the Hill Country by Devoted Mountaineers THE escape of King George of Greece from his residence near Canea makes a stirring narrative. In some of its aspects it recalls passages in Shakespeare, where monarchs have had to flee their palaces and accept the kindly hospitality of peasants or goatherds. The King was in a house ...

... HOW THE BATTLE-CRUISER HOOD MET HER END The Danger of the Plunging Shell to the Vulnerable Turrets of the Washington Treaty Type of Warship THE tragic end of H.M.S. Hood has drawn attention, once again to a very serious weakness in the construction of certain vessels which were built under political considerations which it is not necessary to discuss here. The Hood was very frequently ...

... The NEW R.A.F. NIGHT-FIGHTER First Pictures of the Beaufighter, which is Already Figuring in the News Defore the war the Bristol Company had become famous for their fighter and bomber aircraft one of the standard types which came into service immediately was the Blenheim, both for bombing and fighting purposes. The Beaufort was another of the products of this huge company so far no details of ...

... ADMIRAL SIR JOHN TOVEY, IN COMMAND OF THE HOME FLEET, WITH CAPTAIN J. C. LEACH, ON THE QUARTER DECK OF OUR NEWEST BATTLESHIP, H.M.S. PRINCE OF WALES Both these Officers Took Part in the Pursuit of the Bismarck Elsewhere in this issue the full story is given of the pursuit and destruction of the German 35,000-ton battleship Bismarck. For this purpose the British Navy assembled one of the ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER-No. 92 i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Crete-- The Broad View. --When the issue of the grim battle for Crete first began to look very un favourable for us, the armchair critics and the faint-hearts and the defeatists began their discreet whispers. To do them such justice as may be, it is fair to say that no battle was ever fought in such a fog of general ignorance as to the ...

... THE GERMAN PENETRATION OF NORTH AFRICA The Tragic Story of the Crumbling of an Empire THE eleven months which have elapsed since the capitulation of France to the power of Germany have been uneasy ones for the French Empire in North Africa. Though stunned for the moment at the news of the surrender of France, the Empire soon roused itself to assume readiness to continue the struggle, relying ...

... THE WAR AT TOBRUK- Official British Pictures THE FIRST SIGN TO GREET THE NEWCOMER a graphic notice on the outskirts of Tobruk which warns incoming troops when an enemy air-raid is in progress. Needless to say, these raids are a very frequent occurrence over the town AN EPIC OF THE DESERT Many soldiers of the Western Desert Forces cut off by the Germans have made their way back to Tobruk most ...

... How the Attacks from the Air have been Carried Out by Parachutists and Air-borne Troops With Special Sphere Diagrams and Drawings We may be sure that the experience gained in the battle for Crete will be well studied by our own military experts. The facts are now revealed fully and in these pages are illustrated some of the tactics employed by the Germans in their unprecedented assault on the ...

... The WAR at TOBRUK A Series of Pictures from the British-held Fortress in the Western Desert For the first time, aircraft manufactured in America have been used as bombers in the North African campaign. It is understood that these are Martin Maryland 167 attack bombers. These are twin-engined monoplanes with a top speed of 305 m.p.h. (which is quite considerable for bombing operations in the ...

... An Outline of Nazi Strategy, in which France is Now Actively Co-operating, in the Great Inland Sea: Hitler, Mussolini, Darlan and Franco Are All Implicated in the Great Strategic Plot to Oust British Influence and to Control the Whole North African Coastline Described by FERDINAND TUOHY FOUR dictatorships of very varying strength and prestige wish to engineer the last of Britain in the ...

... GERMAN PRESSURE ON A DISTRACTED SYRIA To the Confused Internal Conditions in this Area is Now Added the Menace of the German War Machine AT the present moment, Syria seems likely to become a battleground between the Axis Powers and the British Allies, with the Syrians, who are much divided in their sympathies, as spectators, A large pro portion of the Syrian Arabs are keen upon obtaining ...

... THE MEDITERRANEAN ISLAND OF CYPRUS The British Possession in the Eastern Mediterranean which Lies Athwart the Enemy's Route to Syria and the East fyprus is the third largest island in the Mediterranean, the other two being Crete and Malta. It is 1 48 miles long, and its width varies from 35 miles to 50 miles although there are rocky portions, it is stated that the central plains are suitable ...