... The New Axis Strong-Point on the Gulf of Sirte the Litter of War at Mersa Matruh and the Sand-Hopping Tactics of the Royal Air Force Below ROMMEL'S STRONG-POINT AT THE FOOT OF THE GULF OF SIRTE when Marshal Rommel started his rapid retreat to the west with the battered remnants of the Afrika Korps, it was considered probable that he would make no prolonged stand anywhere short of El Agheila, ...

... Leave, or leaf, as it is universally pro nounced, figures largely in the life of the lower deck. Peacetime standards used to be based on three periods of leave at Christmas, Easter and summer. War conditions made it seven days every six months, later increased to seven days every four months, subject, of course, to exigencies of the moment. Week end leave, and shore leave, or liberty tor a ...

... The PROBLEM of WATER-The Biggest One of All During a Desert Campaign Water has lately called the tune in at least two major campaigns of this war. Not only was the advance of the Eighth Army salted on the borders of Cyrenaica and Tripolitania largely by problems of supply, among which water ranked high, but Rommel round his chosen position at El Agheila especially difficult to hold because the ...

... The World's Fastest Bomber New Pictures of the R.A.F.'s Mosquito The fastest bomber operating in the war to-day is the R.A.F.'s latest reconnaissance-bomber, the twin-engined Mosquito. It has already demonstrated its capabilities in daylight air raids over Germany and enemy-occupied Europe. Making long-distance attacks without fighter escorts, it can outdistance enemy interceptor fighters as ...

... Official Pictures, Just Received in London, of the Events Preceding the Advance to El Agheila COMING THROUGH THE CYRENAICAN GREEN BELT: From Derna to Benghazi the country is green and fertile, and at this time of the year much rain falls. Instead of sand, the advancing Eighth Army vehicles had thick red mud to contend with, once they left the main road. The column of tanks and other vehicles ...

... An Analysis of the Various Programmes for the Italian Island Hitler's, Mussolini's and the Allies'. By FERDINAND TUOHY IT is now two years since Sicilians woke up to find that the Luftwaffe had percolated in their midst. This was Hitler's instant answer to Wavell's triumph over Graziani at Sidi Barrani, and it was the immedi ate forerunner of the Afrika Korps. The Nazi move into Sicily at very ...

... The AIR INVASION of the CONTINENT: The Bomber Offensive by the R.A.F, Soon after midday on December 6th, many squadrons of British light bombers attacked the German-controlled Philips wireless valve and radio works at Eindhoven, about sixty miles from the Dutch coast. This vital target was known to be well defended by heavy and light anti-aircraft guns placed round the works and on the factory ...

... AFTER the landings by American and British forces on the North African coast, as an immediate retort the Germans seized on the two key-points of Bizerta and Tunis. The Germans determined that the First Army was to be resisted. But, within the very first days, the latter had reached a point which brought them to within twelve or fifteen miles of the Tunisian capital. By forced marches through ...

... THE WAR BY AIR Aspects of the Aerial Struggle in Various Theatres of War Depicted by Sphere Artists THE AIR WAR IN THE PACIFIC An attack by a U.S. Flying Fortress on a Japanese destroyer off Normanby Island, at the east end of New Guinea-- -Drawing by W. G. Whitaker The drawing reproduced here was made from photo graphic material received in this office it shows how one of the powerfully-armed ...

... WHAT of the LAWYERS and BARRISTERS A Description of the Part Being Played by the Legal Profession By CHARLES GRAVES THE demands of the Minister of Labour on the various trades and professions in this country are felt more keenly by the law than perhaps by any other section of the community. To begin with, there are over 10,000 lawyers in the armed forces of the Crown. (I have no idea of the ...

... More Pictures From North Africa BRITISH SAILORS TAKE U.S. TROOPS ASHORE This picture gives a good impression of the landing craft used for the purpose it also shows the size of some c f the transport vessels used to convey the troops to North Africa CARRYING SUPPLIES ASHORE AFTER THE LANDINGS A landing craft, with stores and light guns, on its way to the beach at Algiers. These are well-built ...

... I^BaBSBES I AFTER several weeks of intense and bitter fighting, the Russians have just gained a decisive victory over the Axis forces massed around the Upper Terek River, in the Central Caucasus, where the enemy was try ing to secure Ordzhonokidze to com plete their strong-points for the winter. Baffled at Stalingrad, the Germans had been trying to force a decision in the Centra] Caucasus, ...