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... THE LIGHTNING CLASS- â– Latest and Biggest of British Destroyers The Lightning class of destroyers are Britain's latest and most up-to-date. There are fifteen of them, and the names of all begin either with L or with M. Work on them was begun in the year 1938, and so far as is known eight have already been completed and are serving with the Royal Navy. The Lightnings are of an enlarged Javelin ...
... The MARSHES of the QATTARA DEPRESSION A First Impression of the Great Natural Hollow which Guards the Left Flank of the British Line in Egypt The Scene at Dusk as Flights of Duck Wheel Over the Marshes and Lakes Drawing by Edward Osmond The Qattara Depression to the south of the British line in Egypt is once more figuring largely in news from the Middle East. According to the latest propaganda ...
... The LONDON of the FUTURE What the Royal Academy Have Planned for the City After the War Shown in a Series of Drawings Now On Exhibition at Burlington House TOWARDS the end of last week, an Ex hibition opened at Burling ton House in London which will probably have a con siderable effect on post-war plans for the development of the City. This Exhibition (which will remain open to the public ...
... PICTURES FROM THE WAR FRONTS come by CABLE AND WIRELESS LIMITED the all-British overseas telegraph company which operates the largest telegraph system in the world, with 300,000 miles of submarine cable and oversea wireless routes. (J This all-British undertaking carries the over seas telegraph traffic of the Empire at war, keeping the lines of communication open. Qf Far-reaching developments ...
... AN R.A.F. COASTAL COMMAND FLYING FORTRESS RESCUES 43 TORPEDOED SEAMEN Two Official Air Ministry Pictures Showing the Men in their Lifeboat 500 Miles Out in the Atlantic I^ortv-three Allied seamen, whose ship was sunk by a German U-boat, owe their lives to a Coastal Command Flying Fortress which sighted them some on rafts and others in a lifeboat-- nearly 500 miles out in the Atlantic. The ...
... 90,000 BRITONS and their GERMAN GAOLERS Their Routine Life and Their Aspirations and Accomplishments whilst Prisoners of War in Germany By FERDINAND TUOHY UNTIL this viciously-childish affair of the prisoners in chains, it can truthfully be said that the Nazi treatment of British and Dominion prisoners of war provided least ground for criticism of all Germany's behaviour towards her principal ...
... GENERAL GOTT IS BURIED IN THE DESERT The Funeral Service After the Crash of his Aircraft in Egypt in August Last On August 10 it was announced in London that General Gott (who had been in command of the 13th Corps in Egypt) had been killed when an aeroplane in which he was a passenger was shot down by enemy aircraft. With him, the other occupants of the aeroplane also met their end. All of ...
... FLOODS OF AMMUNITION The Vast Expenditure of Small Arms Projectiles, which is a Characteristic Development of Modern Warfare By G. H. BARBER ASTRONOMICAL figures have been quoted as to the number of bullets and shells fired per man killed in the last war. In this war, where the automatic weapon has fully come into its own, the figure must be many times greater. Seeing that these weapons, range ...
... A 11 the aircraft of the warring nations are now going upstairs. To a fighter, height means tactical advantage to a bomber, it means relative immunity from A.-A. fire and from hostile fighter aircraft. So there is a race between all designers to produce aircraft with higher and higher ceilings and engines which will function at great altitudes. Britain and America are not behind in this race ...
... NIX THE (WITH WATER ONLY THE MILK IS ALREADY IN IT Mothers who keep Horlicks been, to mix it with water only. HW for their children, because of The milk is already in it. its energy-giving and body- Mixed with water only, building value, find it a comfort Horlicks is a complete food- fcl to know that this delicious, drink for children. nourishing drink makes no demands on the milk supply. We ...
... ANYWHERE FOR A BED The Housing Situation in London is Becoming Acute, and Accom modation for the Many Thousands Who Want It a Difficulty By CHARLES GRAVES IT is safe to say that London is more over populated per square foot of accommodation than ever before. The reasons are obvious. First of all. the blitz has destroyed so many private houses, hotels, clubs and blocks of flats; secondly, the ...
... 1 , , Fighting Wind and Weather There's grand comfort in a Vitabeau Duffle Coat. Every time you shrug yourself into its woolly warmth you feel you've a real ally to help you fight wind and weather. And comfort is so important when you've got to keep alert. The Vitabeau mark is your guarantee that it is made up to full Admiralty specifications from the finest 28-oz. proofed Duffle. You cannot ...