... The heavy enemy defences which surround the Ruhr district failed to deter the onslaught by hundreds of aircraft of Bomber Command when they resumed their fierce attacks last week. In spite of the flak and other German devices, our men have been reaching their targets and unloading their bombs. But, in the process, a number are always damaged as soon as they return, expert mechanics at once ...

... The BATTLE of tli MALTA CONVOY Special Sphere Drawings and D/ogi THE cause of the great naval action in the Mediterranean, was the passage of a British convoy which was carrying important support to Malta. Weather conditions on bunday, March; were very bad and air reconnaissance cci not be relied upon. Early in the afterm an enemy force consisting of four cruisers v sighted to the northward. ...

... IN SPRINGTIME, SPAIN ATTRACTS the FUHRER Control of the Whole Atlantic Coast is Essential to Axis Victory, According to Hitler. What this Means to Spain, and the Preliminary Steps which Have Already Been Taken in the Peninsula, are Here Considered By FERDINAND TUOHY AS we stand waiting for the Nazis' third spring offensive, majority opinion selects as Hitler's most likely strategy, if he is ...

... BARGES FERRYING U.S. WAR SUPPLIES TO THE TRANSPORTS Piled high with crates, these barges (in an unidentified U.S. port) are waiting to be towed to ships preparing to sail for the Allied war fronts PLANES FOR DISTANT BATTLEFIELDS A pier slip jammed with barges laden with war equipment and supplies. The aircraft were covered with snow when this picture was taken AN A.R.P. IDEA FROM NEW YORK CITY ...

... MOSS BROS mackintoshes and Raincoats for the Services Moss Bros, have been making Service Mackintoshes these fifty years time enough to have seen a few nasty down pours and prove their worth They are scientific ally made, cut to the accepted pattern for Navy, Army and R.A.F. (and for Women's Services too) and are supplied in all sizes. We need hardly add that they are also completely impervi- ...

... MALTA STILL DEFIES THE AXIS Despite 1,700 Raids (in February alone there were 236) the Island is Still Confident and Unafraid Italy's boastful confidence that she could overcome Malta in three or four days was quickly proved to be a bubble, and even the Luftwaffe, when they came to her assistance, in January last year, found they had under-estimated the strength of the tough little island. ...

... WAR MATERIALS REACH RUSSIA 6/ the Far Northern Waters which Have Been Kept Open this Winter for the British Convoys i1-- i WHAT A PATROL IN NORTHERN WATERS MEANS FOR THE CREW. This picture was taken on board a British warship during a routine patrol in the North. Everything on board decks, bridge, guns, etc. wears a thick coating of ice Below ARCHANGEL IN WINTER Allied cargoes for Russia being ...

... FIGHTING AGAINST ODDS AT SEA The Vessels of the Little Fleet and Why the Navy Feel that Losses are Often Worth While By ARTHUR BARRETT THE public always feels the loss of a warship keenly. The Navy, while proud and grateful for this popular sentiment, takes a more practical view of the matter. War ships are built to be risked, and the loss of a ship is no disgrace. Not all navies share this ...

... After the Fall of Singapore and the Advance Through Burma, the Japs now Control the Whole of the Eastern Shores of the Indian Ocean ONE OF THE ISLANDS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN-- or, an island off an island The Count de Moni (connected with the Royal House of France, and a friend of the ex-Kaiser) lived on this small tropical island for twenty-five years. It is situated off the coast of Ceylon, ...

... THE ENEMY TURN TAIL DURING THE MEDITERRANEAN BATTLE between Admiral Vian's force of cruisers and destroyers and an Italian battle squadron of overwhelming strength. --Drawing by Montague Dawson ()n pages 4 and 5 of this issue we present a complete description of the recent Battle of the Malta Convoy, when a British force under the command of dashing Admiral Vian routed a far stronger Italian ...

... r- r v jFamou^ Queens 16e.h Tffie, QueerCi Xancjenri Regiment raised in 1 759 by Col. Burgoyne. George III named it Queen's Light Dragoons in 1766. Became Lancers in 1 8 IS and known as 16th (Queen's) Light Dragoons. Was the first lancer regiment to serve in India (1822) and the first British lancers to use the lance in action. Although many lancer regiments have since earned undying glory, ...

... SMOKE-SCREENS in TANK WARFARE The Land Forces in Libya Draw on Naval Tactics for their Operations in the Desert TACTICS DURING A DESERT ENCOUNTER BETWEEN RIVAL TANKS Showing how a smoke-screen is put upjj conceal the movements of the British vehicle in the foreground This picture well illustrates the tactics now being employed in land fighting, where smoke-screens have been introduced to ...