... H.M.S. MACKAY, DESTROYER, ATTACKS THE GERMAN HEAVY CRUISER PRINZ EUGEN 99 By coming so dose up to the German, the latter was unable to hri„„ her big guns to bear on the smaller vessel and could only employ her secondary armament-- -Drawing by Wm. McDowell l he Prinz tugen was lying somewhat astern of the battleships in the great run up-Channel. Whilst the bigger vessels were being engaged ...

... MINEFIELDS LAID ON LAND The Traps for the Tanks which have been Sown by Both Sides in Libya and in Russia Described by E. J. VILLIERS IN this war-- especially in the fighting in Libya and in Russia-- frequent references have been made to mine-, fields. Hitherto this phrase has been used mainly in connection with the war at sea. To-day, however, means have been found of sowing mines on land ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER -No. 132 i. New Oxford Street, W.C.2. Bombers over Paris. One of the chief reasons for the collapse of France was undoubtedly the fact that a majority of the leaders of the nation knew that they could not take it and preferred to sacrifice their national honour and liberty rather than to endure a rain of bombs on Paris. Has Paris spared one fraction of the glory of scarred ...

... TUP R F 'S SMASHING ATTACK ON BILLANCOURT Mazing Official Pkotogropfc showing the Wreckage of the great Renault Week, in a Paris Suburb, Raided by Aircraft of Bomber Command on the Night of March 3 On the night of March 3 Bomber Command made a smashing assault on the German war effort, by attacking the huge Renault works at Billancourt in the south western suburbs of Paris. These works are ...

... MEN OF THE RED ARMY The fine types of Russian who are now taking their place in the fighting line. This picture was taken as truckloads of Soviet troops passed through Moscow on their way up to the Central Front SOME OF THE MEN WHO DROVE THE GERMANS BACK FROM MOSCOW These soldiers are tank crews attached to the First Moscow Guards Motorised Infantry Division. They were amongst those who ...

... f.t Staraya Russa, on the East Front, our Allies have sur rounded the whole of the German 16th Army and are slowly closing in on it in the First stages of the attack the Russians routed the 290th Infantry Division of the 2nd Army Corps, the 30th Infantry Division of the 10th Army Corps and an ^.S. Division, 12,000 Germans being killed. The fact that tie 16th Army has been surrounded is ...

... THE JAPANESE ADVANCES IN BURMA The Abandonment of Rangoon and the Cutting of the Burma Road The position of the city of Rangoon is a curious one, inasmuch as it has no connections overland with India (as one might expect from looking at the map). In between Rangoon and Chittagong is a trackless, mountainous area: consequently, com munication with Calcutta has, of necessity, always been by sea. ...

... Saving the Lives of the Merchant Navy J-T very week now, new im provements and life-saving devices to help the men of the Merchant Navy are being taken up by the Ministry of War Transport. Fireproof hoods for the crews of tankers anti- explosive suits fitted with elec tric lights, so that the wearer can be spotted at night; and motor lifeboats fitted with auto matic radio, vitamin rations and ...

... mc-rc WF MAKE TO THE GERMAN INTELLIGENCE STAFFS Some of the Vital Information which we Gratuitously and Needlessly Present to the Enemy and thus Acquaint Him with Our Intentions and Methods during Coming Operations By FERDINAND TUOHY THERE is no harm in periodically reminding ourselves that somewhere across the Channel there continues to exist a West Front Headquarters, at which a Nazi General ...

... OOZ How the Enemy has Swept Through the Whole of the South-West Pacific-- -Described by ROBERT FINCH WITHIN three months, the Japanese have become masters of the south west Pacific, and conquerors of vast rich territories in south-east Asia and the East Indies. They chose their time well: their first blows were treacherous, sudden and successful; they sent huge and heavily- protected convoys ...

... Broadcasting is the Only New Weapon of this War, and its Use Has Been Fully Exploited by all the Axis Countries. Now it is Becoming Our Opportunity of Letting the Enslaved Countries and the Enemy) Know the Exact Truth By CHARLES GRAVES THE sum of £1,300,000 voted for Empire and foreign broadcasting has come very late in the war. Let us hope that it is not too late. Broad casting is the only ...

... The above striking picture is from an official Air Ministry photograph it was taken during the course of the low- altitude daylight raid by the R.A.F. on the Matford factory, which lies 10 miles to the north-west of Paris. This raid followed on the heavier attack on the Renault Works at Billan- court on the night of the 3rd (pictures of this attack are given on pp. 326-27 of the present issue ...