... THE HISTORIC MOMENT WHEN ITALY SURRENDERED UNCONDITIONALLY TO THE ALLIES: THE SCENE IN THE TENT IN SICILY AS GENERAL CASTELUNO (IN CIVILIAN CLOTHES, SEATED AT TABLE) SIGNED THE TERMS OF THE ARMISTICE WHICH PUT ITALY OUT OF THE WAR After the fall of Mussolini, in the middle of the month of August, General Castellano, a high Italian military officer, arrived in Lisbon on behalf of Marshal ...

... VV MILAN has been BATTERED by the R.A.F I'AV 3W IE DAMAGED PLANT OF THE OFFICINE STIGLER AT MILAN, which specialised in malleable, and special cast, iron. The whole of the centre of this important works has been blown out by high explosives HE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE DONE TO THE WORKS OF THE E. BIANCHI MOTOR FACTORY, manufacturers of many of Italy's vehicles. Very little of the inner core of this ...

... When two famous British cruisers carried out a bom- bardmi t of the Italian naval base at Castellammare a few day ago, they gave a fine demonstration of British gunner methods. The cruisers, well known for their service in the Mediterranean, were escorted by destroyers the objective of their attack was the dock yard an repair base near Naples, which is of great importa e to Italy. The attack ...

... A close study of the final com muniqués and the narratives of war correspondents in Sicily reveals that affairs moved with an ever- increasing pace as the enemy retired within the narrowing apex of the Messina promontory. btiff hghting was recorded on the 12th and 1 3th in the Randazzo valley, and an advance of some four miles was made towards Castiglione and Francavilla, in order, if possible ...

... The NAVY'S NEW POCKET CARRI ERS WHAT FREQUENTLY HAPPENS TO GERMAN RAIDERS AFTER AN ATTACK ON BRITAIN A Dornier 217 bomber being shot down over the coast, on its way home after a raid, by a Beaufighter Intruder of Fighter Command- Drawing by W. G. Whiiaker Quite a high proportion of German raiding aircraft are shot down over this country, or on their way I ■ome in relation to the number of ...

... THE R.A.F.'S FLYING MAGNET: a three-year-old secret revealed. For three years now, men of a special Wellington squadron have been flying aircraft known as Flying Magnets, or Wedding Ring Wimpeys Wimpey is the R.A.F. nickname for the Wellington). Their task is to clear ports and harbours of enemy mines this is done by passing a high-voltage current through the ring built round the aircraft, ...

... TAKING OVER THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES How the Civil Affairs Administrators are Being Trained Near London for Their New and Important Jobs. Described by CHARLES GRAVES SITUATED on the outskirts of London is a girls school which now houses large numbers of officers. This in itself is not unusual, but the officers are. They include senior officers from the Police Force, Civil Defence and National ...

... A GENERAL VIEW OF THE BRIDGE AFTER THE ROADWAY HAD BEEN REMOVED. Workmen are seen clearing the steel girders so that the/ can be cut up for salvage PERCHED PRECARIOUSLY ON TOP OF THE OLD STEEL WATERLOO BRIDGE jj a workman uses an oxy-acetylene lamp on the framework. Demolition j of the steel framework of the temporary Waterloo* Bridge which served London for a period of seventeen years has now ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER -No. 212 i. New Oxford Street, W.C.i. The Armistice-- Interim Dividend of 100 Per Cent.-- General Eisenhower, when he made the comment that the acquisition of the Italian Fleet was in itself sufficient proof of the supreme importance to the Allied cause of the Italian capi tulation and armistice terms, spoke as a soldier. But he spoke, on naval matters, with all the authority ...

... LIKE SHOALS OF FISH, Allied invasion craft approach the Italian shore near Reggio some have already unloaded their cargoes and are returning to Sicily A picture taken by an R.A.F. reconnaissance aircraft during the invasion THE TERRITORY OF SOUTHERN ITALY CONQUERED WITHIN A FEW DAYS BY THE EIGHTH ARMY and now firmly held by the Allies, showing the confused jumble of mountain lands which ...

... pVom the time of the first landings until the final conquest of the island, the Navy subjected Sicily to the heaviest naval bombardments in the history of warfare. We have Mr. A. V. Alexander's statement that more than fifty organised attacks were carried out, in addition to almost continuous support by all types of warships operating on the flank of the advancing armv In addition to thf> Kip ...

... Scenes on Board British Vessels Under Active Service Conditions THE CAPTAIN OF THE WARSPITE Captain H. A. Bertie Packer, R.N., who was in command of the battleship as she led the Italian Fleet in to surrender LIFE ABOARD A CORVETTE A mess-deck scene on board H.M.S. Widgeon at sea. A card-party in progress while one man rests in his hammock, another repairs his clothes and others write letters ...