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FOUR PICTURES FROM THE EGYPTIAN DESERT

... FOUR P.CTURES FROM THE EGYPTIAN DESERT THE RESULT OF A SUCCESSFUL ATTACK LAUNCHED BY THE NEW ZEALANDERS IN THE EL ALAMEIN AREA A destroyed German 88-mm. anti-tank gun found in an enemy laager. These guns are of a type too heavy to move, and were therefore blown up by our men New Zealand troops in the Alamein area recently made a most successful attack on the enemy, surprising and wiping out a ...

Published: Saturday 08 August 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 251 | Page: Page 6, 7 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

TOO MUCH WAR UNDER QUEENSBERRY RULES?

... The Rising Tide of Anger against Nazi Excesses is Leading to Demands that We Play Rough with the Enemy, Instead of Fighting on more Traditional, Honourable Lines. Comparison is here Made Between the Methods of Warfare Pursued by Germany and Britain To-day By FERDINAND TUOHY JAN MASARYK, Czechoslovak Deputy Prime Minister and man of insight and punch, pro vokes a remunerative line of thought ...

Published: Saturday 08 August 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1891 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Photographs 

THE OLDEST DESTROYER IN THE ROYAL NAVY: H.M.S. Skate--900 tons, built in 1917--which has Just Celebrated Her ..

... THE OLDEST DESTROYER IN THE ROYAL NAVY H.M.S. Skate-- 900 tons, built in 19 17-- which has Just Celebrated Her 25th Birthday at Sea An impression (from personal knowledge) of the veteran vessel whilst on her present task of guard ing the Northern Convoys- -By Montague Dawson J^ritain's oldest destroyer is H.M.S. Skate which has iust celebrated her Silver Jubilee afloat twice torpedoed in the ...

Published: Saturday 08 August 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 406 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Photographs 

GERMANY'S SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE MERCHANTMEN

... Germany's Submarine Campaign AGAINST THE MERCHANTMEN United States Shipping Losses in the Battle of the Convoys A Very Serious Situation and the Possible Remedies Discussed by DOUGLAS GLEN SURELY the few published facts, made available to us mainly through the candour of the American Press, are enough in themselves to drive home to everyone the extreme gravity of the shipping position. Off the ...

Published: Saturday 08 August 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1686 | Page: Page 14 | Tags: Photographs 

THE NAZIS IN THE CAUCASUS?

... The strong German attacks at Rostov, the advance to the south-east of this town and towards the town of Stalingrad on the Volga indicate that Hitler's drive towards the Caucasus is now definitely in process. The ultimate objective of the Germans may be Baku but whether this is so or not, the enemy incursion into this rich oil-bearing 'region may well be extremely serious .for our Soviet ally. ...

Published: Saturday 08 August 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 578 | Page: Page 22 | Tags: Photographs 

THE SMOKE-SCREEN in LAND WAR: How Tanks and Infantry Use Artificial Fog in Attack and Defence

... THE SMOKE-SCREEN in LAND WAR How Tanks and Infantry Use Artificial Fog in Attack and Defence THE use of smoke-screens by our tanks in Libya and of large scale artificial fog by the Germans and Russians has been mentioned increasingly by war correspondents. And now from Berlin comes a report of how General Auchinleck attacked with 100 tanks under cover of artificial fog in Egypt. The front ...

Published: Saturday 08 August 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1285 | Page: Page 24, 25 | Tags: Photographs 

BOOTH'S

... \mm mTg ''^0- 6Y appointment to I ;y s-{ I H.M.KING GEORGE VI I THE ONLY GIN THAT HOLDS THE BLUE SEAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE ...

The National Savings Committee

... (make-believe to'day In ten years time she'll be on the threshold of a new life, eager to strike out into a new world and full of enthusiasm for her new responsibility that of helping to guide the destinies of all we have loved and fought for. Give her every chance to succeed For now is the time to save for the future of your children by cutting all spending to the bone and starting the ...

Published: Saturday 08 August 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 150 | Page: Page 33 | Tags: Photographs 

THE GERMAN NUISANCE RAIDS

... The Probable Reasons Behind the Present Policy of the Luftwaffe, Discussed by PATRICK HAMILTON OVER half the German fighter strength, and possibly 25 per cent, of the bombers, are still in Western Europe. The fighters are kept well occupied-- the R.A.F. sees to that. But what occupation has Goering been able to find for the bombers, and why are they retained in Europe when they would obviously ...

Published: Saturday 08 August 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1173 | Page: Page 16 | Tags: Photographs 

The LINE of BATTLE in EGYPT

... A Sphere Section Dealing with the Fighting Along the El Alamein Front With special drawings and diagrams After a series of attacks and counter- attacks along a line extending from the sea just north of Tel-el-Eisa station, on the Mersa Matruh railway, down to the Qattara Depression, a more extended attack was made towards the end of last month by General Auchinleck; and there were hotly- ...

Published: Saturday 08 August 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 515 | Page: Page 23 | Tags: Photographs 

Graphic

... AFTER THE FIFTY-MINUTE DELUGE OF BOMBS ON DUSSELDORF ON THE NIGHT OF JULY 31: WHEN THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN BY RJ\.F. RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT TWELVE HOURS LATER IN DAYLIGHT, THE CITY WAS STILL BURNING A great number of Lancasters, as well as a great force of all the other types of heavy and medium bombers, attacked Dusseldorf. It was probably the most concen- trated attack that Bomber Command ...

Published: Saturday 08 August 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 318 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs