... THE BRAVEST OF THEM ALL The First Picture of a British Catafighter in Action On page 307 of this issue we reproduce a drawing showing a British Catafighter (or catapult-launched Hurricane) landing in the sea after a flight over a convoy. These pilots have already made their presence felt in the Battle of the Atlantic and at the moment of writing not a single ship has been lost from any convoy ...

... THE FALL OF TOBRUK The Factors which Contributed to this Serious Reverse And the Retreat Back to the Egyptian Frontier With Special Sphere diagram-drawings To understand fully what has happened in Libya during the past few weeks, it is necessary to review briefly the former major operations which took place within this area. It will be recalled that, in September 1940, Italy advanced into ...

... 1 1 was announced in London and New Delhi on June 5 that the largest convoy ever to leave Britain had arrived safely in India without the loss of a ship or a man. It consisted of many famous British liners, as well as ships of Allied nations, and was protected by a battleship and destroyers the vessels were so numerous that no single Indian port could deal with them, and the convoy was ...

... For conspicuous economy The order of the Good Biscuit goes to Peek Frean. For here are biscuits that are unchanged in that quality for which Peek Frean are famous, yet cost far less than you think. You can get Peek Frean's biscuits for as little as c^l. a lb. and that's the clever housewife's idea of economy the best possible value at the least possible price. Of course, Peek Frean's are not ...

... The WORST AIR-TORPEDO ATTACK of the WAR in which torpedo-bombers and circling torpedoes were used 11 1 FORTY-TWO GERMAN TORPEDO-BOMBERS ATTACK AT ONCE l he enemy approached the Convoy in line, then tanned out, to leap over the destroyer screen and dive in and out among the vessels of the Convoy Phe most threatening moment of all was the prolonged and concentrated assault carried out by ...

... WARFARE BY NIGHT BY AIR AND SEA Two Striking Night Impressions Taken During Recent Operations in Britain and in the Mediterranean The Boston bomber has been operating during the past months in daylight over France, under its R.A.F. designation of Boston III by night others of the same type (but known in the R.A.F. as the Havoc II) are now operating as Night Intruders over more or less the same ...

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... Reports from the battle zone in Egypt indicate that one way in which the Germans have achieved greater speed in their movements has been through their method of economising in the number of long, vulnerable transport columns following in the rear of their units. Behind the mobile advance forces of the Germans come their armoured divisions, which move as a coherent whole the whole force ...

... WHAT THE FIGHTING POLES HAVE DONE Since the Overrunning of Their Own Country the Poles' Have Fought Unremittingly by Land, Sea and Air. Here is a Chronicle of Their Great Achievements at the Side of British Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen, in Many Theatres of War By CHARLES GRAVES EVERY week we read of the exploits of the Polish Navy, Army and Air Force, particularly the last. Yet when the ...

... mk H1& 1 'ZofS* 111 -n ^G' Waiting upon the distinguished is no new task to a Wolseley. Merely the scene has changed. But how it has changed The Nuffield Organization, for instance, entered the war an important group of car manufacturers and is now one of the most impressive engineering undertakings in the world, whose usefulness, stretching throughout the country, affects vitally the lives of ...

... THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES, DON MANUEL QUEZON, WITH GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, COMMANDER-IN- CHIEF OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY IN THE EAST-- A PICTURE TAKEN IN MANILA Cor the moment, the centre of conflict in the Far East is the Island of Luzon, on which Manila is situated. Like Singapore farther to the south, the Philippines (of which Manila is the capital) are greatly ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER-No. 122 i, New Oxford Sxref.t, W.C.i. To 1942.-- It is not to be denied that the last weeks of 1941 were dark; as dark, in all circumstances, as any we can remember. We are no strangers to dark Decembers, nor to years ending in gloom and obscurity. I am old enough to remember pretty vividly the black December of 1899, and in recent decades I have not seldom made reference to ...