... INSIDE TOBRUK New Australian Official Pictures of the Defence of the Stronghold in the Western Desert WIRE DEFENCES ACROSS THE EL ADEM ROAD This road approaches Tobruk it is strongly guarded by barbed- wire defences and blockhouses. The sentry seen on guard here is Private Earl, who comes from Waverley THE SCENE OF ACTIVITY IN TOBRUK HARBOUR Unloading stores from a transport for the further ...

... The general public impression is that the modern submarine exists solely for under-water attack: this is quite wrong. The latest types of British submarine-- as evidenced by vessels of, say, the Severn class-- can attain a surface speed of 22 knots, as against a submerged speed of less than half. The Severn and her sister, Clyde, were, in point of fact, the first Diesel-driven submarines to ...

... MEN and MORE MEN for the R.A.F. Thousands are Entering for Service with the British Flying Services BRITISH FLYING CADETS NOW IN TRAINING IN THE UNITED STATES Taken at the U.S. Civilian Aviation School in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, these British flying cadets are being fitted out with American-made caps prior to embarking on a period of training for the R.A.F. under the new scheme just inaugurated ...

... THE AIRCRAFT-CARRIER'S ROLE IN THE WAR The Newest Type of Naval Vessel has Triumphantly Vindicated Itself in the Present Conflict By F. BOWEN BEFORE the outbreak of the present war, there were quite a number of authorities who advo cated the abolition of the aircraft-carrier as being the most expensive naval type, untried in war, and terribly vulnerable to all forms of attack, especially from ...

... THE NAVY PLAYS A GREAT PART IN THE ADVANCE INTO SYRIA British destroyers bombarding French positions and tanks massing for the attack around Sidon, during the advance of our forces towards Beyrout- -Drawing by VV. McDowell Owing to the geographical situation of Syria, the Royal Navy has been able to lend a very big hand in the advance of our forces towards Beyrout along the coastal road. In ...

... THE DAYLIGHT ATTACKS OF THE R.A.F. A WONDERFUL IMPRESSION OF THE DEVASTATING RAID ON SHIPPING AT ROTTERDAM ON JULY 16. ACTUALLY TAKEN FROM ONE OF THE PARTICIPATING AIRCRAFT r\n this day, Blenheim aircraft of the Bomber Command, R.A.F., carried out a daring low-level attack upon a large concentration of German shipping in the Rotterdam Docks. As a result of the raid, seventeen ships, of an ...

... PREPARING FOR THE ATTACK WHICH FORCED THE GERMANS TO DISCLOSE THEIR REAL STRENGTH AROUND TOBRUK British troops advancing towards Hellfire Pass in the Solium area It was recently reported that British troops in the Western Desert had made a surprise penetration into the enemy's position as far as much-battered Fort Capuzzo. In order to stem the British forward movement German reinforce ments ...

... The R.A.F.'s DAYLIGHT RAID on ROTTERDAM Carried Out by Blenheim Aircraft of the Bomber Command, the Raid Resulted in the Destruction of 100,000 Tons of German Shipping IN THE STREETS OF ROTTERDAM Dutch civilians gaze up without fear as the Blenheims roar over the housetops in Y formation for their concentrated attack on the nearby docks and German shipping ONLY A FEW HUNDRED FEET ABOVE THE ...

... THE PROBLEM OF GERMANY'S SUPPLY LINES And How They Will Be Affected by the Present Campaign in Russia GERMANY'S VITAL LIFE-LINES, Described by ROBERT FINCH IN his attack upon Russia Hitler has set himself a task which defeated a far greater war lord than he. Will he succeed where Napoleon failed? tor the first time in its career of blood and blitzkrieg the German war machine finds itself ...

... SIGNALS- The Methods Employed in the Royal Navy EFFICIENT signalling is regarded as a very major consideration in naval work nowadays. Every single facet of naval warfare demands perfect signalling and communications. So the communica tions branches ol the JNavy are of prime importance and are worked up to a very high pitch of efficiency. They are divided into two sections the wireless side, ...

... The BEAUFORT WHICH TOR PEDOED a POCKET BATTLESHIP phese pictures show the four members of the crew of the Beaufort torpedo-bomber which recently successfully torpedoed a German battleship off the coast of Norway. The pilot, Flight Sergeant R. H. Loveitt, has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal for the exploit his colleagues (also seen in the pictures reproduced here) include the ...

... Other Things Than War The Stately Homes of England With Notes on Library ^Wastage, and on Racing Men in Wartime PACKWOOD AND THE NATIONAL TRUST.-- One more stately home of England has gone the way which, we must wish them to go, now that they can no longer be kept up as family homes. Packwood House, Warwickshire, has been handed over to the National Trust by Mr. Baron Ash with its 100 acres ...