... A WAR NEWSLETTER -No. 136 i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. St. Nazaire.-- The latest com bined Services raid into Occupied territory, if it proved more costly than others, appears to have achieved its main object, which was of great importance in the present less satis factory phase of the eternal Battle of the Atlantic. This raid had many features in common with Zeebrugge the greatest of all such ...

... How the Japanese Use Torpedoes In Defiance of Recognised International Law On right THE THREE METHODS by which the Japs make use of their torpedoes The enemy in the South-West Pacific have been using various devices on their torpedoes to ensure that these costly and deadly missiles are used to the full despite that, in at least one case, they are disregarding International Law. One type ...

... The Use of the Carley Float in Wartime ^he Carley Floats are shallow, oval-oblong rafts round the edges runs a large copper tube com- partmented so that if a few sections are holed, there is still no great loss of buoyancy. Hand lines and paddles are provided condensed milk, fresh water, hard tack, and rum constitute the provisioning. They are excellent devices for what they are, and they are ...

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... plying at a great height, reconnaissance aircraft of the R.A.F. succeeded L in taking several photographs of St. Nazaire after the great Combined Raid. These aircraft were subjected to persistent interference from enemy fighters in an attempt to prevent photography, while cloud presented a further complication. These factors resulted in only small-scale photo graphs but examination by experts ...

... How the Raid w. Carried Out Special Sphere Drawi, and Diagrams THE raid on St. Nazaire was carried out in the early hours of March 28. Taking part in the combined operations were light forces of the Royal Navy, Special Service Troops, and aircraft of the R.A.F. The assault was primarily directed against the large dry dock and the harbour installations at St. Nazaire. H.M.S. Campbeltown (an ex ...

... THE WAR IN THE FAR EAST, and the Part Played by China HOW THE UNITED STATES CAN BOMB TOKYO DIRECT air attack on the strategic bases and big industrial centres of Japan herself would quickly bring her far-flung New Order crashing about her ears. The place to strike Japan, said a writer in The Times on January 27, is not at the periphery of her conquests, but at the very centre of her ...

... READY FOR THE INVASION SEASON The Methods by which the Approach of an Enemy by Sea is Made Known to the Defenders of Britain J-^ecent events have once again drawn attention to the question of how near our shores enemy vessels can approach before being detected by the defenders. Any close approach would be a very difficult matter indeed, and the more distant approach, too, is also almost ...

... WASTE PAPER FOR THE WAR EFFORT Some Illuminating Facts and Figures in Connection with the Great Salvage Drive; and the Steps Taken to Secure Urgently-needed Supplies of Paper Pulp for War Purposes of all Descriptions By CHARLES GRAVES SOME of you may recall my original, polite in credulity that waste paper had anything to do with munitions of war. By now, 100,000 people have visited the ...

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... Drtf rot in full flower! WOOD PRESERVING STAIN AND WHITE ANT DESTROYER SOLIGNUM LTD. Donington House, Norfolk Street, Strand, London, W.C.2 V WHEREVER TIMBER IS USED SOLIGNUM PROTECTS IT For forty years Solignum has been used all over the world for the protection of timber against attack by Dry-Rot, Damp and Insect Pests but never before has this protection been of such vital importance as now ...

... THF GPFAT RAID nN THF GERMAN BASE AT ST. NAZAIRE THE EX-AMERICAN DESTROYER CAMPBELTOWN carries out her last mission by destroying the dock gates. How she finished up, after dashing up the channel at 20 knots, piled high up on the gates before the final explosion. --Drawing by Montague Dawson As related in full in subsequent pages of this issue, the culminating point of the raid on the German ...