... THE WAR BY AIR Special Sphere Drawings SIX OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST BOMBERS-- all in THE SERVICE OF BRITAIN, to help make good the Air Minister's promise to keep up a constant offensive over Germany. These Stirlings have just been serviced and bombed-up, and are ready for the take-off for a raid In recent operations over Germany, Bomber Command have made use of Halifaxes, Manchesters, ...

... SURFACE COAL TO AUGMENT THE COUNTRY'S FUEL SUPPLIES Marking the top of the coal seam in a trial hole A GENERAL VIEW OF A SURFACE COAL SEAM IN WARWICKSHIRE It has been estimated that there is a minimum of 50,000,000 tons of surface coal available for tapping in this country. I his would be an appreciable addition to the country's present supplies, and do much to ease the shortage. There are ...

... THE CHATWOOD TRADITION ACHIEVEMENT IS BUT ANOTHER MILESTONE ALONG THE HIGHWAY OF PROGRESS-- THE END OF THE JOURNEY LIES EVER BEYOND. H j I HIS AND BETTER The old East Anglian saying This and better '11 do this and worse won't expresses in quaint proverbial language the ideal of all who are not eontent with stagnation of purpose. There is, throughout the Chatwood organisa tion, a definite ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER -No. 140 i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. The Battering Match Again.-- With the resumption by the Nazis of reprisal raids, the whole question of the night bombing of cities comes up again. It is unlikely that this issue of the Newsletter will catch the eye of an historian thirty years hence. But, if it should, it will relieve my conscience (wherever it may then be flitting in ...

... OEVERF damage to the biggest k J assembly shop of the Heinkel aircraft works is revealed by the latest picture taken of Rostock after its four niuhts of sustained attack bv the R.A.F. The Heinkel is the backbone of the Luftwaffe's bombing squadrons. Heinkel bombers carried out many of the attacks on London, and were en gaged in the recent raids on Bath and Norwich and York. They sally far ...

... FIGHTER OFFENSIVE The King pays a Visit to the Men who are Carrying Out the Daylight Sweeps over Northern France jS^ lew days ago the King paid a visit of inspection to R.A.F. stations from which Spitfire squadrons operate for daylight sweeps over France. Sir Sholto Douglas, Fighter Command C.-in-C., accompanied him. At one station the pilots found his Majesty waiting to greet them as they ...

... THE DEFENCE OF AUSTRALIA The Actual Character of the Vital Northern Coastline Described by DONALD COWIE EXACTLY what kind of country would meet the first Japanese landing parties if an attempt were made to invade Australia from the north? The answer depends on the part of North Australia chosen, for the 3,000 mile coastline that stretches from extreme north- west to extreme north-east flaunts ...

... AUSTRALIA'S REPRESENTATIVE IN LONDON DR. H. V. EVATT, WHO HAS COME FROM AUSTRALIA TO ATTEND MEETINGS OF THE WAR CABINET IN LONDON, AND TO REPRESENT THE COMMONWEALTH ON THE PACIFIC WAR COUNCIL r\r. Evatt is the Australian Minister of External Affairs (or, as we might say, Foreign Secretary) and Attorney-General he has recently been on a mission to the United States. A few days ago he arrived in ...

... The Tale of Three Cities: the Towns of Bath Norwich and York As a retaliation for the very heavy raids on Liibeck and Rostock by the R.A.F., the enemy have now openly declared their intention of bombing towns in Britain of great historical importance taking as their guide Baedeker which lists buildings of architectural value despite that they stated in February that the bombing of British ...

... THE GREAT CONUNDRUM OF THE WEST What are the Chances in the Event of Allied Action in One of the Occupied Countries Here, Two of Them Denmark and Belgium are Considered in Detail, and the Possibility of an Attack in Force Through One or the Other is Discussed By FERDINAND TUOHY BY the time this appears, the balloon may have gone up. In the East? In the Wes?t In both? Or, again, the curtain may ...

... MEN IN THE SCOTTISH COMMAND COME ASHORE IN SPECIAL LANDING CRAFT UNDER COVER OF A SMOKE-SCREEN: A scene which might well be duplicated duringa is armoured as protection for the soldiers during their passage to the objective and it has a special bow for running right up on to a shelving beach thet and all are full/ equipped and armed. Exercises aimed at toughening the troops and teaching them ...

... TV/I inelaying is a very necessary part of all naval warfare, and par ticularly so for Great Britain, which has a great volume of shipping to protect and a long and exposed coastline. The mines can be laid by almost every class of vessel there are, of course, special minelaying ships in the Royal Navy and converted cargo vessels have also been largely employed. In this country, at the outset ...