... 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' ...

... 'The story of the Malta Convoy is now generally known and Mr. Churchill has paid tribute to its great signifi cance. Supplies have been carried to the island sufficient to ensure the life and resistance of that heroic island fortress for a good many months to come, he said in the House of Commons on September 8. The Convoy had to force its way through extraordinary dangers, which beset its ...

... r\R. CHURCHILL AND THE U.S. NAVAL CHIEFS A Picture Taken at Greenwich on July 25, 1942 It has only just been announced that, on July 25 last, the Board of Admiralty entertained the Prime Minister, Admiral King of the U.S. Navy, Mr. Harry Hopkins, Mr. John G. Winant, and distinguished U.S. Govern ment and Naval officials in the Painted HallatGreenwich. A number of the guests on this occasion ...

... SENOR SERRANO SUNER SPOILT A FRANCO DREAM. Why Suher Became the Pet of Berlin and of Rome, and the Promises and Prospects with which He Beguiled the Caudillo, His Brother-in-law And Why, with the Fading of the Dream and the Entry into the War of Mexico and Brazil, General Franco Has Now Found it Convenient to Appoint a New Minister for Foreign Affairs in Spain By FERDINAND TUOHY BROTHERS-IN ...

... The ART of the SNIPER He is Still an Important Factor in Modern Warfare By DOUGAL GORDON THE value of the sniper lies not so much in the number of men he is likely to be able to kill at a session, so to speak (though a gillie in the last war claimed a bag of ten Bavarians in an even ing from a hide near the Bapaume Road), but in the restraint he imposes on the movements of the enemy. A well ...

... MODERN AfRCRAFT-CARRIERl are the Result of Twenty Year of Intensive Experimentation In the last war, there were three aircraft carriers actively engaged in nava operations. After the Armistice, Britait Japan and-- especially-- the United State began to experiment further with them The first U.S. Carrier was an 11,000-ton collier named the Jupiter, which in 192 was given a flat upper deck for ...

... Special Sphere drawings and diagrams of the terrain and of the air tactics of the Germans HThe air onslaught indicated in the top drawing was principally directed against the vehicles of the 8th Army but these were well dispersed, and not very much damage was wrought. Then our own aircraft went into action. When the R.A.F. got in amongst the bombers it was a beautifully-timed attack the enemy ...

... THE TANKER OHIO GETS THROUGH A Story of Heroism During the Passage of the Malta Convoy faptain Mason is forty-one years of age, and he is the youngest Master of the Eagle Oil and Shipping Company. During the passage of the convoy to Malta he was in command of the tanlcer Ohio for his heroism on that occasion, when he won through to port after incredible dangers, he has been awarded the ...

... AWAY FROM THESE WARS. Memories and Thoughts of the Years Between A Fortnightly Causerie By J. G. INTO THE 1920's AGAIN-- THINGS EPHEMERAL SOCIETY'S HEYDAY.-- We went over to lun cheon with Lady Ormonby, the Dowager. The talk turned upon the splendour of London society in the Victorian and the Edwardian ages. She looked to me and said: You can bear me out before these young people that London ...

... (See also pp. 298-301 of this Issue DAWN OUTSIDE DIEPPE Wednesday, August 19. The Channel was crossed under cover of darkness, and the principal attack was launched at dawn. The naval vessels engaged were protected by a strong air umbrella, which covered the landings and allowed the withdrawal to take place as planned. A feature of the whole raid was the absence of enemy surface craft to ...