... BRITISH PARACHUTE TROOPS IN TRAINING A Special New Series Taken During the Tast Few Days at an English Training Centre A visit a few days ago to a Parachute Troop Training Centre has produced the fine set of pictures presented to our readers on this and the following pages. The men are prepared for j 'killed and daring work by instructors of both the Army and the Royal Air Force, and their ...

... OFFICER PRISONERS, SOME IN CIVILIAN CLOTHES WITH IDENTIFICATION PATCHES, being exercised on the battleship s quarter-deck during the voyage !E OF THE CAPTURED ITALIAN SEAMEN, under close guard, parade on the deck for rcise. For these men the war is now over and it does not appear that they resent it LIGHT EXERCISE FOR GERMANS AND ITALIANS Scrubbing wire hawsers on the upper a work to which the ...

... THE ROADS TO MOSCOW AHD THE OIL CENTRES On left It was at Borodino that the Russians checked Napoleon's advance on September 7, 1812. The battle was a desperate one, resulting in huge casualties. The Russians occupied the foreground, being placed on rising ground facing them, and separating General Koutousoff's army from the French, was a deep ravine. The main road from Smolensk to Moscow also ...

... If and When We Invade Enemy Territory, the Role of the R.A.F. will be a Very Important One EVERY day on which the weather is favourable squadrons of the Fighter Command of the R.A.F. fly out on the offensive over France. A year ago the Battle of Britain was drawing to its close-- the Fighter Command had triumphed in defence. Now the R.A.F. is building up a solid foundation of offensive tactics ...

... RUBBER-HELMETED, OVERALLED N.C.O.s PREPARING FOR A MASS DROP Parachutes are in position and gas-masks are worn at the read/. Note the parachute badge on the shoulder A TROOPER WITH THE CONTAINER IN WHICH A PIGEON IS CARRIED, for conveying messages back to the base THE PIGEON CARRIED BY THE PARACHUTIST On landing, this bird will be released to convey back to Headquarters details of the progress ...

... GORT AND IRON IDE: A New Page to be Noted in the Record of British Military History By FERDINAND TUOHY PUBLICATION of the Gort Despatch, with its tale of record débâcle, sent me to some pages given me by General Ironside at Gibraltar before the war. They were a friendly bestowal intended to help a harassed scrivener, and were made by one who, like every Governor of the Rock in peacetime, recog ...

... Other Things Than War The New Culture Notes on Sidesplitters and Dinner-bells and Old School Ties PRIESTLEY'S NEW CUL TURE.-- I have a deep sympathy with nearly all which Mr. Priestley has said and written during the present war. I find myself always in warm agreement with his democratic principles. It is only when I have time to reflect that I begin to question his practical conclusions. ...

... The BIRTH of the 8-GUN FIGHTER And Its Development into the World s Deadliest tighter Aircraft AT a time which marks the anniversary of the defeat and final rout of the Luftwaffe in their major daylight attacks upon England of last year, it is fitting that we should remember how much we owe to the Hurricane and Spitfire and the men who designed them and those who worked for the incorporation ...

... I n the British Home Fleet, the Destroyer Depot Ship (see also p. 1 5 1 of this issue) serves as a naval schoolroom, where the future destroyer men are trained in gunnery, torpedo-firing, anti submarine work, seamanship and signalling. Models of ships are used, and the lighting is arranged so as to convey the effects of searchlights, star shells and gun-flashes. By this means the men learn a ...

... A CRISIS IN THE OFFICERS' MESS? The War has Created a Serious Situation Amongst the Wine Dealers and the Repercussions of This are Here Discussed in an Authoritative Article By CHARLES GRAVES NEVER in the history of this country has so little liquor been available to so many. In the last war our Expeditionary Force on the Con tinent was able to live on the land as far as wines and brandy and ...

... AT LORD GORT'S LUNCHEON PARTY IN THE DUKE'S HONOUR From left to right are General Barron-y-Ortez, Spanish Governor of Algeciras, the Marquesa de Povar, the Duke of Gloucester, and Sehora Barron-y-Ortez, taking a stroll after lunch in the garden of Government House, Gibraltar THE DUKE ON THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE ROCK This A.-A. defence post is manned by the Gibraltar Defence Force. It is ...

... PRISONERS ABOARD A BRITISH BATTLESHIP: GERMANS AND ITALIANS, FORMER SUBMARINE AND MERCHANT CREWS, BEING PUT TO WORK ON THE UPPER DECK DURING THEIR PASSAGE TO AN INTERNMENT CAMP AFTER CAPTURE AT SEA This is one of a series of pictures (others appear on page 135 of this issue) taken on a British warship recently. In this series are seen a number of German and Italian prisoners of war, formerly ...