... THE KING IN TUNIS MEETS PAULINE BERTOLI, A YOUNG GIRL GUIDE WHO HAS BEEN AWARDED THE FRENCH CROIX DE GUERRE for hiding thirty Allied escaping prisoners jf war whilst the Germans were still in occupation of the city A mongst the many visits paid by the King during his North African and Mediterranean tour was one to the city of Tunis. As he drove in, the citizens had lined the streets to greet ...

... Dusseldorf after the Terrific Raid by the R.A.F. on June II A Panoramic Impression Built-up from Reconnaissance Photographs Imagine an area stretching from Blackfriars in the east to Chelsea in the west, from Hyde Park on the north to the Houses of Parliament on the south: that is the area covered in the above panoramic view of the city of Dusseldorf, where more than 1,000 acres are now known ...

... The long series of naval and air operations designed to exhaust the garrison of Pantellaria began with the establishment of a motor-torpedo-boat patrol off the island on the night of May 11-12. Nightly patrols of destroyers and motor craft were thereafter maintained-- arduous work for the personnel of the smaller craft. On May 13 the first bombardment of the island was carried out by the ...

... WHERE WILL THE NEXT BLOW FALL! Germany's Anxiety Over the Middle East and the Attitude of Turkey On June 15 the frontier between Syria and Turkey was closed, by order of the Middle East Command. Germany appeared apprehensive of this incident, wondering what it might portend. Ever since the Adana Conference last rebruary, when Mr. Churchill met the Turkish President, General Ismet Inonu, and ...

... Where the Fear of Invasion Grows Daily ONE OF THE MANY INDIGNITIES WHICH THE ITALIANS HAVE TO SUFFER. A German Military Commission inspects Italy's defences The supervision of their country by German officers however much it may be welcomed by Mussolini and his Fascist colleagues is greatly resented by the populace throughout the length of Italy. Many people have not hesitated to give ...

... AWAY FROM THESE WARS Memories and Thoughts of the Years Between --A Fortnightly Causerie By J. G. THE Aftermath of Strachey.-- It would be presumptuous of me to add anything to Max Beerbohm's Rede lecture on the writings of Lytton Strachey-- the considered opinions, born after due time, of one of our first literary critics and masters of prose style. Anything I might say would be in the nature ...

... [he Connoisseurs Comment! 8 w- r 55\J THE /to VERMOUTH jl^jj The Connoisseur appreciates 'S instantly the Bouquet of the vAc Genuine choice wines blended Ij5 into this true Vermouth. Here Ln is a choice and healthful aperi- !/s1r tif or with added ingredients p ...

... THE NORMANDIE AFLOAT ONCE AGAIN THE GREAT LINER (NOW RENAMED THE U.S.S. LAFAYETTE ONCE MORE ON AN EVEN KEEL after being raised in New York, is towed to an American dry-dock for refitting as a naval transport The great luxury liner of peace days capsized at her berth In the Hudson River in February 1942. Since that time American salvage experts have been busy on the, task of salving the great ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER -No. 220 i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. A Warning to Wishful Thinkers.-- Hitler kept his date at the Beer Cellar on November 8, despite the danger of Allied bombs and despite a certain austerity in the banquet of good news and promises. He not only kept his date. He kept his head. Let us acknowledge it, and let wishful thinkers face this un pleasant fact. Boring and rambling he ...

... NAPLES STREET SCENE The New Anglo-Italian Accord T n a quiet comer of a side-street, away from the throngs of the Via Roma, a British Infantryman reads a letter from his wife, at the same time nursing a couple of attractive little Italian girls. Nearby stands a member of the Carabinieri, the military police recruited from the Regular Army for a period of five years. These men are to be seen, ...

... From the BATTLE ZONES in ITALY Drawings by Sphere Artists, and Official Photographs, of Scenes in the Front Lines THE RETURN OF THE PACK-MULE, lor work amongst the mountainous Apennine country in Italy Drawing by W. G. Whitaker In Tunisia, the pack-mule played a prominent part in the hilly country held by the First Army to-day, it is again being used by the Fifth and Eighth Armies in Italy. In ...

... TWO -5 MACHINE-GUNS mounted on a single turntable and operated by one man. This is a favourite weapon of the minesweepers, and it has scored a number of successes against low-flying enemy aircraft A TWIN OERLIKON WEAPON mounted aboard H.M. Indian sloop Godayeri, whose crew were recently complimented by the King on their smartness. The Turkish bath arrangement by the side of the weapon is the ...