... i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Sicily.-- A campaign like the Sicilian puts the weekly journalist at a disadvantage. Most of his com ments (and he cannot but write them from day to day, since his interest in progress is at fever heat) must be stale news, or proved bad guesses, by the time they are in print. But the daily commentator's views and prophecies, if contradicted by events, are forgotten ...

... TYPHOON-- Latest and Greatest I An Appreciation ot the K.A.r. s Newest Fighter-Bomber The jack-of-all-trades machine is at a heavy discount in the air world to-day, where the one man, one job rule is applied to aeroplanes with all the strictness of the most exemplary trade union. The Spitfire, for example, is now little more than a family name for three distinct machines, the VA and VB low ...

... f^n June 20 the King arrived in Malta, exactly sixteen years to the day after his previous visit in 1927 as Duke of York. He made the journey from North Africa in H.M.S. Aurora, escorted by destroyers and squadrons of fighter aircraft. The ship selected for this great occasion is a 6-in. cruiser which has a distinguished record of war service in the Mediterranean. She is a vessel of the ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER -No. 201 i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Churchill-- Freeman.-- Mr. Churchill spoke warmly of his pride in being elected a Freeman of the City. It is appropriate that he should be so. It is a great honour for any recipient. Just a very few citizens in the passage of history attain to such a degree of eminence that they set the fool's-cap on honours, for one by one such titles and ...

... Pantellaria and Lampedusa Photographed by R.A.F. Pilots Since Our Occupation of these Two Italian Strongholds in the Mediterranean IT or a number of years before the war, Pantellaria and Lampedusa Islands were closely guarded by the Italians, and few of their secrets were allowed to reach the outside world. Since our occupation, however, R.A.F. machines have surveyed the two islands from the ...

... A New Phase in th ATLANTIC BATTLI The U-boats are Forced Below the Surface by Our New Tactics By the combined air operations and surfao craft activity by convoy escorts, the U-bct I has been forced to keep below the surface This will mean that U-boats will only hi able to creep to the surface as far as periscope! J level. The German captain will hastrtj sweep the horizon and as much of the sir ...

... SALUTE TO MALTA Visited by the King on Sunday, June Some Historic Scenes in the of the George Cros; Islanc HIS MAJESTY THE KING SALUTES THE GEORGE CROSS ISLAND As the cruiser Aurora enters the Grand Harbour on June 20, the King, standing before the bridge, raises his hand in salute. On Sunday. June 20. his Majesty visited Britain's island fortress in the Mediterranean. He crossed from North ...

... The WONDERFUL STORY of CANADA in WARTIM and the Stupendous Efforts She is Making in Every Direction, on Land and by Sea and Air Described by CHARLES GRAVES THE Englishman's vice of taking everything for granted was never better exemplified in peacetime than by his attitude towards Canada. Publishers believed that novels with a Canadian background were of no interest to the British public. ...

... Pictures of the Italian Dictator, who has now been Forced Out of the Political Scene in Italy after Twenty Years of Arrogant Domination THE TV MEN WHO ARE NOW AT THE HELM IN ITALY: The little King, who is 2T 5 ft. in height and who for twenty years has been under the thumb of Mi lini, now emerges from the shadows as the Head of the State. Marshal Ba 10 becomes Prime Minister and Chief of the ...

... One of the Most Astonishing Features which Followed on the Allied Landings on the Island 'The most amazing feature of the invasion of the island of Sicily has been the response of the civilian population. At every town and village scenes of almost rapturous enthusiasm greek the entry of Allied troops, and nowhere was hostility encountered, even from the police and tw local Fascist officials. ...

... Kmmmmmmmmm IT was on Friday night, July 9, that the great armada sailed across the Mediterranean, reaching the coast of Sicily in the early dawn. The passage had been stormy, the wind reaching gale force, and there was a swell along the destined landing places. Invasion barges, merchant ships, destroyers and hundreds of planes arrived on time on the south-eastern corner of Sicily, and the ...

... THE RECORD-BREAKING BATTLE The Great Onslaught on Germany by Air The battle of Many Objectives. Described by FERDINAND TUOHY NEVER in history can an onslaught have had so many effects, repercussions and implications as the epoch-making Battle of the Ruhr. Battle' is indeed a misnomer. Offensive or campaign would be the nearer the mark, since the present vertical assault has already ...