... -- -By Sea and by Air THE R.A.F. ATTACK ON A GERMAN CONVOY IN HELIGOLAND BIGHT, ON JULY 30-- a direct hit amidships on a 500-ton ship which was left by the bombers well alight. The Blenheims taking part in the attack flew almost between the masts of the vessels they were attacking (See also picture below NAZIS FIRE THEIR SHIP IN THE ATLANTIC: The Battle of the Atlantic is not always defence of ...

... A DISTANT VIEW OF THE CONVOY STEAMING ON ITS WAY THROUGH A HEAVY BARRAGE PUT UP BY OUR OWN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS The convoy was an important ore it was subjected to attack by Italian and German submarines and aircraft over a period of three days but it nevertheless got through safely, despite wild Italian cla ns A BRITISH DESTROYER PICKS UP A DINGHY During the air fighting three of our naval ...

... Without Coming Out into the Open, Vichy Policy is Now Being Directed in All Parts of the World Against the Democracies This Situation is Discussed in the Following Article By FERDINAND TUOHY ON the eve of the Syrian campaign Mr. Eden proclaimed that we would attack the Nazis where we found them and that their assembling on allegedly neutral territory would not protect them. It is high time a ...

... GUERILLA WARFARE in RUSSIA How the German Invaders are Met by the Soviet Soldiers in Bitter Fighting Behind the Lines RUSSIAN GUERILLA TROOPS, PURPOSELY LEFT BEHIND DURING THE GERMAN ADVANCE, ATTACK A TRAIN BEARING ENEMY TROOPS- -Drawing by T. Walker The Russians have introduced a new element into their campaign that of the guerilla band. Hitherto the Germans have terrified their opponents, ...

... WHEN OUR TURN COMES These are the Methods which will be Used by the British Army when we Invade the Enemy's Territory. All these are Official Pictures and were Taken During Recent Operations in Britain PACK ANIMALS CAN GO WHERE LORRIES CANNOT During recent exercises in the Western Command, Indian troops with pack ponies and mules were used in certain of the operations. The object of this was ...

... The Move Southward by Japan Not Only Involves British and American Interests in the Far East It May Also Carry Grave Implications for China, Against Whom Japan Has Been Waging Unavailing Warfare for Years By F. E. DEAN WHAT does Japan's southward move portend for China? Well-informed Chinese believe that China continues to be the main objective, whatever else may lie within the orbit of ...

... FROM THE DESERT TO THE SEA Shaking the desert sand from their clothing before stripping for a plunge into the sea BEFORE THE BATHE South African soldiers, back from the desert, work up an appetite on the beach before taking the plunge After seeing little but a vast waste of sand for months, the average desert campaigner's idea of Paradise is a plunge into the cooling waters of the ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER -No. iOI I, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. The Doctor's Dilemma.-- Little Doctor Gobbles, in opening for the Fuhrer an exhibition of German art the other day, piped in as low a key as ever I can recall. He roared, indeed, as gently as any sucking dove. It is significant; it is perhaps a trifle, but a tremendous trifle. There were seasonable reasons, no doubt, for this unusual ...

... RIVERS ARE NO OBSTACLES TO THE SOLDIERS OF SOVIET RUSSIA The country is criss-crossed by waterways the negotiation of such water obstacles has played an important part in the training of the Red Army therefore HOW THE GUERILLAS ARE ARMED A pistol at his belt, and with two hand-grenades ready for instant action, this member of the People's Army takes up a position in the woods behind the German ...

... Other Things Than War Jane Austen as She Should be Played; London's Wounds; Tabulated Facts, and Other Items of Home Interest PRIDE AND PREJU DICE.-- In a sylvan glade I enjoyed, as a wartime relief, watching my own and other small children playing scenes from Pride and Prejudice. Mr. Collins was represented (in a strange variety of garments borrowed from men and women in the neighbourhood), ...

... SEVENTY GERMAN TANKS VAINLY ATTACK A RUSSIAN TOWN FOR FOURTEEN HOURS, but are driven off with a loss of over 50 per cent.- --Drawing by Roland Davies. (See notes on left) PART OF THE CONFLICT IS BEING WAGED IN THICK SNOW Though it is now the height of summer, part of the Russian- German war is being waged over ground where the snow still lies thick. Here is a Nazi tank making difficult headway ...

... THE GUN TURRETS of the BOMBERS How they ore Placed and How they are Operated ON some of our bombing air craft we now have three of the famous power-operated gun turrets for the protection of aeroplane and crew: these are a nose turret; tail turret; and a retractable and rotating turret beneath the fuselage, for security against attack from below. the gun turrets htted on British aircraft or ...