... A WAR NEWSLETTER -No. 191 i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. The Guessing Game in Europe.-- Where will the Allies strike next? It is the current guessing game. We are all at it, except a very few Allied leaders who, perhaps, know the answers. But while the Allied peoples merely speculate, the leaders and peoples of the Axis lands must not only speculate, but act and move. And clearly it is causing a ...

... The Increasing Importance of the Now-vulnerable Eastern Seaboard of the Italian Mainland. Described by FERDINAND TUOHY IT doesn't matter where the Allies attack between Sardinia and Rhodes; even if they don't attack at all, but choose some other part of the Axis perimeter-- the Adriatic Sea is back in the war. One might almost say that this A marissima-- most bitterly loved sea of D'Annunzio ...

... ;ne NEW PHRASE in the AIR COMMUNIQUES he Strategic and the Tactical Air Forces, and How They Operate ecently in an official British communique, mention was made, for the first time, of our Strategic and our Tactical Air Forces. The above drawing is a diagrammatic x position of what these two terms mean, and how the two different forces are being used in Tunisia to-day. The Tactical Air ...

... THE R.A.F. ATTACK ON THE GERMAN DAMS: HOW THE TOWN OF KASSEL BECAME AFFECTED BY THE BREACHING OF THE EDER DAM- -An official Air Ministry photograph taken by a reconnaissance aircraft on May 18 (See also pages 266-7 of this issue) As the floods from the breached German dams swept over the countryside, many towns in the vital Ruhr area soon became inundated. Among the first important industrial ...

... RENOWN awaits the commander who restores to the artillery its vital place on the battlefield. Thus Mr. Churchill before the African tide of war turned in our favour; and it does seem that Generals Alexander and Mont gomery have earned that renown. Their artillery dispositions at Alamein were unique in this war and won the battle. It was not till the First Army and the Americans adopted ...

... Recently Allied com muniqués from the Mediterranean area have contained frequent refer ences to the bombing of Messina and its harbour on the island of Sicily. The reason is not far to seek. Messina is one of the vital links connecting the Italian mainland with Sicily during the campaign against Tunis and Bizerta it was used for the reinforcement and sup ply of the Afrika Korps. Troops were ...