... How the Fifth Army was put Ashore on September 9 to Establish a Bridgehead in the Naples Area First pictures of a great Amphibious Operation ON THE VOYAGE INTO THE BAY Lieut.-Commander Malcolm, Commanding Officer of the minesweeper Circe, addresses the ship's company and tells them of the part they are to play AMERICAN NAVAL LANDING CRAFT STANDING BY NEAR THE BEACHES after having discharged ...

... AIRCRAFT. CARRIERS and ESCORT CARRIER! The Two Types which hat, Played a Part in th( Anti-U-Boat Campaign large and the small air-| craft-carriers of the Rovall and the U.S. Navies have co„ tributed very materially to the present highly satisfactory state of the anti-suhmarine campaign! in the Atlantic. H.M.S. /IrdierJ which is shown on the left' was one of the first merchant ships to be ...

... Dcggio airfield was captured early on Friday morning, September 3, the day on which the first landings in Italy were made. The R.A.F. servicing Commandos, with the assistance of sappers, were at work within a few hours repairing the runway and field, which had been cratered in many places by our bombers. Scattered around the airfield they found the remains of fifty-six Axis planes. Many of ...

... In the opening days of November 1942, the Battle of EI Alamein was fought and won. Thereafter, the story of the Eighth Army was one of continuous advance by way of Cyre- naica, Tripohtania and Tunisia. At the last-named, junction was effected between the British Eighth and First Armies and the Americans and Canadians. With the conquest of Tunisia, the task of the Eighth was by no means over. ...

... CIVILIANS ALSO SURRENDER IN TOTAL WAR The Growing Fear Throughout Germany of What May Happen when the Allies Finally Triumph. By FERDINAND TUOHY BECAUSE the unconditional surrender fiat of Casablanca did not require to be enlarged upon beforehand, at least publicly, for the Italians to cease fighting us, does not prove that it should be retained as the last word for Germans also. There were ...

... Recent Pictures from Enemy Territory, Showing What is Going On Within the Fortress Europa, Now Under Threat of an Allied Invasion THE NAZIS MAKE HOLLAND 41 INVASION-PROOF by the ruthless destruction of buildings in The Hague t The ruined Duinoordkerk on the outskirts of the city, where Queen Wilhelmina occasionally Worshipped WHAT REMAINS OF THE HOUSE OF THE FORMER PRIME MINISTER, DR. ...

... --Found Abandoned in Sicily The picture reproduced above comes from Regalbuto, in the Island of Sicily it was taken in the Cemetery, where the gun had been placed as one of the German outer defences of the hill-town, and it shows a 20-mm. anti-aircraft gun of an unfamiliar type. A complete drawing of it appears on the right. The gun may appear to have been designed awkwardly, but it has ...

... ^jnc of the reasons for the recent successes of Allied bombers has been the perfect co-operation with the fighter escorts which take them out as far as practicable and then meet them over the French coast on their journey home. Over the target, of course, the bombers are unescorted, as the fighters' range does not permit of their going so far. But casualties can be, and are, averted once the ...

... I n all of the Seven Seas, it would appear as if, during recent months, the Allies have finally got the upper hand over the U-boats. Admiral Lutzow, Germany's naval spokesman, admitted as much during a recent wireless review of the difficulties now facing the enemy's under-water craft. The Admiral declared that the Atlic' nLmn and naval craft force the U-boat to dive. If it stays on the ...

... The Enemy and Occupied Territories Continue to be Attacked by the Warplanes of the Allies A FRENCH BOSTON SQUADRON ATTACKING THE TRANSFORMER STATION AT GUERLADEN, IN BRITTANY Part of the target is enveloped in smoke as one of the bombers (top, left) comes in to make its attack. On August 26 the Lorraine Squadron of the Fighting French carried out an attack on the Electric Transformer Station ...

... IN THE VILLAGE OF SCARLETTA, NEAR MESSINA The local population had put up their Wellcome flag even before the Allies arrived TOWNSFOLK OF MESSINA RETURN TO THE CITY after the Allied occupation, announcing their arrival with a beating of drums and a cloud of dust ...

... AWAY FROM THESE WARS Memories and Thoughts of the Years Between A Fortnightly Causerie By J. G. JOHN MASEFIELD.-- I never saw John Masefield. I hope I may yet see him. His versatility and range, and his influence on our literature are alike remarkable. Personally, I owe him a great debt of gratitude for the pleasure and profit I have derived from his writings. All these qualities of his have ...