... 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 ...

... BRITISH MERCHANTMEN ARE REACHING THE ISLAND A view of one of the docks in Cyprus, showing a whole fleet of steamers discharging their cargoes to the shore warehouses under the eyes of British guards- -This is an Official War Office Photograph THIS IS A PLEASING SIGHT TO THE CYPRIOTES British light tanks (of which there are now a number) passing through one of the villages on the island A Light ...

... The BRITISH ADVANCE INTO SYRIA Damascus The Mother City of the World WHEN France took over Syria from the League of Nations it was expected that she would make Damascus the capital of her newly acquired mandated territory. That distinction, however, was conferred upon Beyrout, on the coast. Yet Damascus was, and always had been, the principal trading centre of Southern Syria. There is no city ...

... NEWS OUT OF TOBRUK A Series of Pictures from the Beleaguered British Fortress in the Western Desert iipuwJ--au'-*- BRITISH TANKS GOING INTO ACTION AGAINST THE GERMANS A scene during one of the sorties made by the garrison although beleaguered, there is plenty of action of this sort going on all the time around Tobruk. I he British defenders have a very complete equipment, and fresh supplies ...

... GETTING THE AMERICAN PLANES ACROSS A Problem which will Grow in Importance as the Stream Swells to a Torrent Here are Two Suggestions of How the Smaller Fighters Might be Ferried Across the Atlantic THE MEN WHO HAVE TO FERRY THE AMERICAN AIRCRAFT WHEN THESE ARRIVE IN BRITAIN The Minister of Aircraft Production, Colonel Moore-Brabazon, addressing Air Transport Auxiliary pilots and ground staff ...

... When the situation in Crete became acute, the King of the Hellenes left his house, which was situated to the south-west of the town of Canea, and joined the Greek Prime Minister at Perivola. The King then took up residence in a house commanding a wide view of the countryside this new house was protected by an escort of the Greek Gendarmerie and a platoon of New Zealanders commanded by 2nd ...

... WHAT AN INVASION BY AIR LOOKS LIKE: Pictures from the Island of Crete The methods followed by the Germans in their air attacks on the island of Crete are arly shown in the pictures reproduced here. (All of them are Admiralty pictures which have ju- een officially released and all of them were taken at Heraklion, near Candia.) The aero ime was first subjected to bombing from German aircraft ...

... WHO IS THE GRAND MUFTI, Vtaker of Trouble Amongst the Arab Tribes? THE flight of the former Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al Husseini, from Bagdad on the approach of our troops is significant. He is said to have gone to Teheran in Iran. What he feared was arrest, and the British have a long list of charges against him. Indeed, there is every evidence that Haj Husseini was largely ...

... 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 ...

... THESE amazing pictures, smuggled out of Occupied France, were taken last autumn at Dieppe: they are the first pictorial evidence of how serious the threat of invasion was last year. The pictures were taken from an attic overlooking the harbour, the only other witnesses of the strange scene being conscripted dock, labourers. Last September, Mr. Winston Churchill warned the country that Germany ...

... The DUKE of AOSTA GIVES UP The Surrender of Italy's Viceroy in Abyssinia at Amba Alagi AFTER HIS SURRENDER The Duke (who was Commander-in-Chief of all Italy's East African Forces) in British hands THE DUKE COMES DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAINS AT AMBA ALAGI, where he lived during the last stages of his campaign in a cave dug into the hillside THE ENTRANCE TO THE CAVE WHERE THE DUKE OF AOSTA LIVED ON ...