... AIR MARSHAL MONSOON-A New Strategist in the Japanese War in the Bay of Bengal THERE are two main sets of monsoons, although the range is diversified by several subsidiary currents. Blowing roughly from May to October in a north-easterly direction are those north of the Equator; blowing approximately from October to March in a south-westerly direction are those south of the Line. How are the ...

... Described and illustrated by Wm. McDowell DEEP diving (so called to distinguish it from diving in aquatic sport) has been attempted for many centuries. Aristotle, in the fourth century B.C., refers to divers, employed in warfare, who used a tube held in the mouth with the upper end supported on a float; he also speaks of an apparatus which is obviously some form of diving-bell. Kylser, a ...

... A Note by Francis McMurtrie WHEN the last war closed, anti-aircraft gunnery was in its infancy, and the heaviest anti-aircraft piece in general use afloat was a 3-in. semi automatic. A 4-in. weapon was being introduced, the first of H.M. ships to carry it being the aircraft-carrier Argus, completed in September 1918. At first she was given only two of these, mounted singly on either side ...

... The DEFENCE of AUSTRALIA New Guinea Stands up to the Japs and Frustrates the Attacks on Port Moresby NEW GUINEA is a key point much desired by Japan. Once fully in her possession she would com mand the Torres Strait, and would be within easy flying distance pf the north of Australia. The fringe of outer islands, regarded by Australia as her bulwark against in vasion, have been falling to ...

... ANGLO-AMERICAN NAVAL CO-OPERATION Admiral Stark and his Staff at the Admiralty Admiral btark, ot the U.b. Navy, is the Commander of his country's Naval Forces in Europe accompanied by Mr. J. G. Winant, U.S. Ambassador in London, and by members of the U.S. staff, he visited the Admiralty recently. It was an historic occasion, being the first gathering of its kind at the Admiralty since the days ...

... The MERCHANT SERVICE of the AIR The Network of Communications Still Operated by British Civil Aircraft in War-- as in Peacetime Described by CHARLES GRAVES IT is two years since Imperial Airways Limited and British Airways Limited joined forces. The men of the Merchant Navy have to keep open the mari time communications of the Empire at all costs. The captains and crews of the Merchant Air ...

... MACDONALD MUIR. LTD., MACDONALD MUIR. LTD., J'cwlou,* Queens 4l- (DYie Queetft Choti)lKuS6cViA Raised independently and regimented under Col. the Hon. John Berkeley in I68S as the Princess Anne of Denmark's Regiment of Dragoons. In 1788 it was j ordered to adopt the title Queen's Own Dragoons. Made Light Dragoons in 1818 and became Hussars in 1861. M M mm I c£^-. Like this famous regiment ...

... THE MAN WHO IS PLANNING OUR BOMBER OFFENSIVE OVER GERMANY: AIR MARSHAL ARTHUR TRAVERS HARRIS, C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C., COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF BOMBER COMMAND, AT WORK AT HIS DESK AT HEADQUARTERS fis an earnest of what is to come in the very near future are the recent attacks on Lubeck and Rostock that more, and heavier, attacks are to follow is evidenced by the fact that Air Marshal Harris is now ...

... TUE I ATECT DlfTIIDEC EDAM TUE DIICCIAKI CDAUT Where Our Soviet Allies are now Launching a Counter- I IlL LM I LJ I r Iv I Ul\t J rl\v/n I HE l\Ujj|rVri I lAwr! I Offensive in Reply to the German Thrust Towards Kerch IN ONE ENGAGEMENT THIS RED ARMY BATTERY OF FIELD-ARTILLERY DESTROYED AN ENEMY OBSERVATION POST, an ammunition transport and a mine-thrower battery, and annihilated nearly two ...

... Soon after the fall of Singapore and its great naval base, people began to ask if Gibraltar was really impregnable after all. With the fall of the island of Corregidor, these questions' have been renewed. But it has now been revealed in Washington that the majority of Corregidor s big guns were in the open. and thus subject to easy attacks on the part of Japanese aircraft they were not moved ...

... HpHOUGH the Biitish .Goat Society is not in favour of shows in wartime, the Cambridgeshire Goat Club, with a member ship of seventy-two, feels that they are helpful and good propa ganda hence their show a fortnight ago at Balsham. It was quite a village affair, with a baby show as well, and was a great success. Eighty goats were shown, many by people who, two years ago, knew nothing about ...

... The famous Show with its Clydesdales, Ayrshires and sheep was, as usual, full of colour and of quality stock. Proceeds went to War Charities LADY MAUD, a six-year-old Yeld Cow in calf, was supreme champion. Her owner is Mr. Robert Drummond of Bargower, Hurlford. BROOD MARES, foals and yearling fillies played an important part in the Show. The standard this year was very high. EXHIBITORS, among ...