... HOW the RUSSIAN RIVERS ARE CROSSED An Explanation of Some of the German Successes in the River Countries of the Don By DONALD COWIE With Special Sphere Drawings and Diagrams THE point that must be puzzling in telligent people is not the actual bridging method employed-- the work of the engineers is familiar-- but how the defences on the opposite bank are over come. It may seem incredible that ...

... Drtf rot in full flower! 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. In this country Sheds, Huts, Fences and Structural Timbers all need the protection that Solignum can give in the ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER-No. 158 i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Three Years Hard.-- The anniversary has come round again. We are into the fourth year of world war. If you were over sixteen in 1914, you may call it the eighth year. If you have jaundiced views about the uneasy years of peace between wars, you may call it the umpteenth year of world war, destructive of all things sane and decent and ...

... THE DIEPPE RAID --From the German Side A series of pictures just received in London showing scenes on the Beaches and in the Town as they were witnessed by the enemy after the fighting Phe pictures reproduced here all come from an enemy source. They have been published in Germany and in German-controlled journals in France. It has been admitted by our own military and naval authorities that ...

... The series of pictures reproduced here are the first to be taken at a British shipyard where merchant vessels on the pre- fabricated plan are being constructed. This is the method now widely used in the United States the vessels are all of standard design, and the various parts some of them of great size and weight are entirely made at inland factories. They are taken to the actual shipyard ...

... THE BRAZILIAN NAVY Two Sphere Drawings of Some of the Vessels of Our Newest Ally ONE OF BRAZIL'S TWO BATTLESHIPS -THE MINAS GERAIS ENTERING RIO HARBOUR. Just behind the vessel is the world-famous Pao de Assucar (or Sugar Loaf), where the entrance is less than a mile wide, although the harbour itself is nearly 30 miles wide. In the distance, behind the Sugar Loaf, is the Corcavado Peak, 2,329 ...

... LOGISTICS IN THE DESERT How the 8th Army is Fed and Supplied by the R.A.S.C. Possibly it was the Battle of France that gave the Royal Army Service Corps its new pride. Till then foolish people had still been raising eyebrows when they heard So-and-So was a member of this branch. But the Battle of France, with its many incidents where R.A.S.C. drivers, mechanics, even bakers and clerks fought ...

... CHINA IN THE FIFTH YEAR OF HER WAR WITH JAPAN The Present Position in the Heart of the Country Where There is Never a Thought of Surrender or Even Compromise with the Enemy. With a Note on the Work of the United Aid-to-China Fund which Lady Cripps and the Bishop of Hong Kong Have Organised in Britain By CHARLES GRAVES EVERYONE in this country is painfully aware of the fact that we have just ...

... These, and many other pictures, will be on view until September 26 at Burlington House, in aid of children of firemen orphaned in the blitz. Besides London raid scenes, there are many paintings of Canterbury, Bath and Exeter, and for the first time there are a number of firemen-artist entries from the Provinces. Last year, 64,400 people visited the Exhibition two of the Firemen Artists' ...

... BRAZIL ENTERS THE WAR The Events Which Led Up to Her Break with Germany and Italy BRAZIL declared war against Germany and Italy on August 22. She had been forced to take action after her ships had been persistently sunk by German submarines operating along the Western Atlantic coast. Protests brought no satisfaction from Germany, who continued to attack merchant ships, till the final outrage ...

... SALVING the NORMANDIE America is Still Determined to See Her Sail Again as a Troop-Carrier By A. D. McCRACKEN --And Other Items of Naval and Mercantile Interest WHEN the Lafayette, as the Americans had re-christened the crack 83,000-ton liner Normandie, caught fire and capsized in the North River, New York, she was within a few days of being recommissioned as a troopship. When it became ...

... which has Recently Appeared on the Fighting Front in Russia During the fighting in the Libyan desert, amongst enemy vehicles captured by the 8th Army was a new type of enemy motor-cycle. (This was illustrated in our issue of July n, 1942.) Recently a similar type of vehicle was found to be operating against the Russians. This new patrol and reconnaissance machine is known as a gelandegangige ...