... THE GERMAN COMMANDER OF THE 2 1 ST PANZER DIVISION IN LIBYA AFTER HIS CAPTURE IN THE FIGHTING EAST OF TOBRUK GENERAL VON RAVENSTEIN, THE FIRST GERMAN GENERAL TO BE TAKEN PRISONER BY BRITISH FORCES IN THE PRESENT WAR Major-General von Ravenstein was the Commander of 11 one of Rommel's crack Panzer Divisions in Libya-- the 21st He was captured during the fighting east of Tobruk by New Zealanders ...

... THF I FADFRS OF THE AMERICAN ARMY AND NAVY MEET FOR A MUTUAL CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON Cach week the members of the U.S. Army and Navy Staffs meet E in conference in Washington for a discussion of affairs of ,mu^>' interest this Joint Board Meeting has no parallel in this country, where Army and Navy usually work separately-apart that is; from any directions which may be handed down to the ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER -No. 120 i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. The Prince of Wales.-- Shattering blows are inevitable in any war between well-armed combatants, and the poachers who shoot their grouse before the 12th are first in the Leadenhall Market. The loss of the Prince of Wales hit every one of us on the mark and knocked our breath away. I can believe that this blow hit Mr. Churchill as hard as ...

... A FIRST PICTURE OF THE HEADQUARTERS WHENCE THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC IS BEING FOUGHT BY ADMIRAL SIR PERCY NOBLE This picture comes from Liver- pool, from the Battle Headquarters of Admiral Sir Percy Noble, Commander-in-Chief of the Western Approaches. It is from this room that the orders of the Admiral and his staff of experts go forth to the convoys and warships which bring the unceasing ...

... The GROWING MIGHT of the U.S. at SEA The Wonderful Expansion of the American Fleet During the Past Few Months of This Year--An Astonishing Collection of Recent Pictures of Launchings and Commissionings in the United States J^uring the past few months (but especially during the past few weeks) an astonishing number of pictures have reached this office from the United States showing the ...

... Bardia is the port on the opposite shore from Solium it marks the point at which the Cyrenaican coast bends northwards from Fort Capuzzo. It was not held in great strength by the enemy, but the advancing New Zealanders had to deploy certain forces from the road known as Trigh-Capuzzo down to the port in order to clear the place of certain pockets of resistance. These were found to consist of ...

... Which Show the Conditions under which Warfare is now being Waged on the Eastern Front. (See also pages 308-11 of this issue THE CITY FROM WHICH THE GERMANS HAVE BEEN DRIVEN This is a street scene in Rostov on the Don, which the Germans recently occupied after a long and bitter struggle and from which they have now been ejected by the Russians. More than this, their armies have been streaming ...

... GENERAL AUCHINLECK, C.-IN-C., MIDDLE EAST, WITH MAJOR-GENERAL FREYBERG, V.C., WHO IS IN COMMAND OF THE NEW ZEALANDERS THE MEN IN TOBRUK Captain E. D. P. Goldsmith and Captain R. P. Chalmers (both from Leicester city), with a Midland County Regiment in a forward position at Tobruk JUST BEFORE THE BATTLE BEGAN General Auchinleck paid a visit to the Western Desert and watched battle exercises ...

... WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AT DJIBOUTI? The New Vichy Governor is Bitterly Anti-British, but Surrender is Regarded as Inevitable in the Near Future FRENCH SOMALILAND has had a difficult posi tion to maintain throughout the present war. She started it, in September 1939, as an ally of Great Britain (who occupied British Somaliland adjoining) and on terms of guarded friendship with Italy, whose ...

... THE WARTIME BOOM IN BOOKS The Reading Habit has Grown Enormously During the War Months Here is a Review of the Present Publishing Situation; What the Public Want and the Sales Achieved by Certain Types of Literature FOR the first time since the early '20's, authors are enjoying sales of their books which run into several thousands. It was the circulating libraries, acting more or less as ...

... HOW THE TANKS HAVE BEEN OPERATED DURING THE BATTLES IN THE DESERT A British armoured vehicle being conveyed on a special lorry to the repair work: hops at Tobruk for an overhaul after a period of intensive fig'iting In tank warfare, the maintenance of the great cruisers is of paramount importance. There are so many things which can go wrong and immobilise the fighting vehicles, and workshops ...

... I Z.4JLF iLT*C! ,v-- sssnHBOHM RUSSIAN GUERILLAS CONVERT MARIUPOL INTO A BLAZING HELL Even after the Germans had entered the city, the Russians were still active there. Taking advantage of the restricted mobility of the enemy tanks in the city's streets, they launched Molotov cocktails and hand grenades until the city buildings were a blazing mass A TRAFFIC JAM, CAUSED BY GERMAN TANKS, IN ...