... The Tatler and Bystander's Review of Weddings Dawborn Royal 2nd Officer R. Dauiborn Merchant Navy f&fer son of Mr. atid Mrs. Ronald Dawborn, of Latchmere Road, Kingston, married Lillian Royal, daughter of Mr. atui Mrs. F. Royal, of Burnham Drive, Worcester Park, at St. Philip's Church Worcester Park Drew Lambert Arthur Drew son of the late Arthur Drew, ami Mrs. Drew, of 41, Ennerdale Road, ...

... THE COMMANDER OF THE BRITISH TROOPS IN NORTH AFRICA LIEUT. -GENERAL K. A. N. ANDERSON, in the armoured car in which he travelled whilst directing recent operations of the First Army in the Tunisia fighting yyhen British troops landed on the North Africa coast, the supreme command of military operations was vested in Lieut.-General Dwight Eisenhower, of the U.S. Army and the First Army, ...

... HOW THE JAPANESE STRONG-POINTS ON THE NORTHERN STRIP OF NEW GUINEA ARE CONSTRUCTED A star-shaped machine-gun post at the edge of the jungle, wit! snipers concealed in the branches of the trees above a favourite enemy device- Drawing by W. C. Whitoker The Japs in the Buna-Gona triangle of Papua have only been able to survive so long owing to the terrain, which is particularly suited to their ...

... The French Colonial troops who were in occupation of Central Tunisia soon began to develop operations against the Axis after the adherence of French North Africa to the Allied cause. The chief area of their activity was based on the central foothills of the Atlas range and the points of contact with the enemy stretched from Pont du Fahs, in the north, to west of Sfax and Gabes, on the south. ...

... From Sicily to Tripoli, and from Sicily to Bizerta and Tunis, is the big gap controlled by the Luftwaffe. All shipping bound for Malta from the west must pass through this gap-- the Sicilian Channel, or Bomb Alley, as the merchantmen call it. There is no way of avoiding this dangerous area, no way round-- except by the Cape, many. many thousands of miles round. bo long as this Channel is ...

... In New U.S. Aircraft and in New British Bombs I. Focke-Wulf F.W. 190H.-- This has proved to be Germany's best single-motor fighter; but in action it has been outclassed by our own Spitfire. It should, therefore, not prove very formidable against our newest and improved Spitfire! The Focke-Wulf is a low-wing monoplane, powered by an air- cooled B.M.W. power unit: this is a 14-cylinder. two-row ...

... The Staff of an R.A.F. O.T.U. Somewhere in England D. R. Stuart Front row: Rev. H. W. R. Lillic, S.J., M.A., F/Lt. C. W. Poulter, S/Ldrs. J. II. Barrett, G. P. Seymour-Price, P. Fish, Colonel S.' Astir, M.C., T.D., Wing Cdr. W. A. Opie, G/Capt. H. M. Massey D.S.O., M.C., Wing Cdr. A. H. Owen, M.C., S/Ldrs. R. J. H.' Holland, T. B. Thomson, D.S.C., H. G. Vyse, H. Walters, M.B.E., II. G. Travcrs ...

... K TTHyf k M Advertisement ol 155 Charing Cross Road, London, W.C.2. 11.28) ...

... fhe Standard Motor Co. Ltd., [he Standard Motor Co. Ltd., This vigilance His yes, his cars keep watch on the skies of Britain. The eyes must not falter, these ears must not grow dul -they are the vital faculties of our defence. We an't all be in the anti-aircraft services. But we c n all bring this vigilance to our own wartime tasks. This is the spirit that is always ready to dciend and attack ...

... 0 A Wartime Chronicle of Town and Country Racing Hopes HOPES of victories for the King's colours this coming season are high in the Royal Stables, Captain Moore, manager of His Majesty's thoroughbred stud, was saying the other day. It is, of course, too early to say whether there is a potential Derby winner among the horses Fred Darling has in training for the King, but the presence of likely ...

... Including Studies of Some of the Brave Meo and Women who Have Been Helping in the Great Offensives Against the Nazis THE SOVIET WOMAN FIGHTER PILOT WHO SHOT DOWN A JU. 88. Lieutenant Valeria Khomyakova formerly an engineer at the Frunze plant in Moscow and an instructor at a Flying School CAPTAIN OF THE GUARDS STEPAN CHEKURDA. On one occasion his battalion silenced 26 enemy gun and trench ...

... I Throughout the Country the Guns are Now Being Fired by our Part-Time Soldiers.'' The Work they are Now Doing in this Respect is Here Described By CHARLES GRAVES l| THE original conception of the Home Guard, or rather, the Local Defence Volunteers, was to report parachute troops and attempt to contain them before the Regular Army came to their assistance. To-day the Home Guard has three ...