... On right The new engine installed inside our big bombers, for the pur pose of operating the increasing number of de vices carried on board is, m fact, a Flying Power Station. Built in a com pact box, it gives current to start the mam engines, operate the instruments, gun-turrets and radio, re charge spare batteries and provide heat. It is proofed against noise, vibration and fumes, and is ...

... PICTURES FROM ITALY Scenes with the Allied Armies and with the American Engineers who are Putting the City of Naples to Rights THE CO-BELLIGERENT SPECTATORS WITH THE EIGHTH ARMY The inhabitants of the small town of Canosa, near Foggia, watch the fighting from the hill-side on which the town is situated. The line of battle runs away to the right, and youths and young men have come out in their ...

... The NAVY'S SMALLER SHIPS of WAR Studies of Some of the Fighting Vessels which have Done Good Work during the Struggle in Many Seas Included in the complement of H.M.S. Witch, an eighteen-year-old destroyer, are more veterans than any other ship of her size in the Royal Navy, so it is claimed. Among the ratings are nineteen men who are more than forty years of age, the sum of their ages being ...

... GUNS- British and German Drawings and Notes Dealing with Some New Types now in Action With a Chapter on the Development of the Land-Mine JThe latest development in the battle for the barrels might be a good description of this drawing and photograph, which show a German anti-aircraft gun recently captured in Italy. Coming under the heading of light flak, the weapon consists of four 20-mm. ...

... NEW DEVELOPMENTS in the WAR in the AIR V Skip Bombing as a New Technique; and Lightnings and Marauders in Action Over Europe A merican and Australian pilots in the South-West Pacific have been responsible for the latest develop ment in low-level bombing This is skip-bombing, carried out in the manner illustrated. Anyone who has tossed a flat stone across the surface of a pond has seen how ...

... The MEN who BUILD the BRIDGES And who Carrv Out a Host of other Duties for the Armies in the Field-- The Royal Engineers By CHARLES GRAVES JUST as the R.N. has earned the title of the Silent Service, so the R.E. can be regarded as the most taciturn of the various Corps in the British Army. Whether this reputation is desirable or not must be a matter of opinion. It is all very fine for pro ...

... THE CAPTURE OF KISKA by U.S. and Canadian Troops Whereby the Whole of the Aleutian Chain Came Once More Under Allied Control FIRST DAY OF THE INVASION Already the Americans and Canadians have extended a long earthen ramp into the water to help the invaders avoid the underwater rocks A D MEN AND SUPPLIES start to move inland through a valley on Kiska Island on the day after the first landing on ...

... AWAY FROM THESE WARS Memories and Thoughts of the Years Between --A Fortnightly Causerie By J. G. THE Feet of the Young Men.-- In all wars and other revolutions, insistence is laid on a new charter, the heritage and responsibility of youth. Old age got the world into this mess. Youth must assume control of tidying up and rebuilding better. The idea of youth (while the tragedy which ...

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... WAY OF THE WAR By Foresight Warning GENERAL SIR HAROLD ALEXANDER has warned us that the campaign in Italy may be one of slow progress, or, as far as he is concerned, not as fast as he would like, meaning what he feels the general public really expect. This is a wise and timely warning, and the deputy commander's frankness should not strike dismay in any heart. The defence of Italy means a ...