... Pictures from the Nettuno Bridgehead And Details of the Newest British Anti-tank Destroyer, the Piat Projector NAZIS CAPTURED AT NETTUNO are here seen in a group just after they had been collected on the beach, after the establishment of the Fifth Army's bridgehead AFTER AN ALLIED ATTACK on the German-held aerodrome at Ciampino, south of Rome. The field has been pitted all over with bomb ...

... pHE landings in the vicinity of Rome took place in the area to the south of Monte Albano and to the north of the Pontine Marsh area, which the operation thus by-passed. This region presents some unusual features, but these were not immediately encountered by the landing parties. The sand-dunes, backed by wide stretches of woodland, had first to be penetrated. Two little seaside towns, Anzio ...

... NIGERIAN MINES PRODUCE AN IMPORTANT MINERAL FOR AIRCRAFT CON STRUCTION A view of a paddock at the Pengal Camp Mine. Labourers are removing the overburden concealing the wash in which the tin concentrate lies IS ft. below the surface of the ground. Northern Nigeria is now producing Columbite, a mineral in great demand for the production of special steel used in aircraft construction. Columbite. ...

... yNJl the pictures on these pages were received within a few days of each other all show operations by air in the Mediter ranean area, and within easy reach of Italy. Before the Nettuno landings, strategic points were bombed systematically and many of the main communications with Rome were severed. As far off as Pola and Athens, Allied bombers have been probing the enemy's strong-points and ...

... AIR COVER FOR THE BEACHHEAD-- ONE OF THE FACTORS IN THE IMPROVED ALLIED SITUATION AT ANZIO. Spitfires of the R.A.F. fly over the Italian mountains on their return to base after a sortie over our newly established positions south of Rome Mr. Winston Churchill's reassuring statement concerning the Anzio Bridgehead last week-end came after a period of some days of anxiety concerning the outcome ...

... Following up the occupation of the Gilbert group and the two landings on New Britain, the Americans have now invaded the Marshall Islands and captured a number of small but valuable strong-points. These islands all lie within the area mandated to Japan after the Great War. They consist of two main chains-- the Ratack and the Ralick. Hie former lie to the east and the latter to the west. In all ...

... A GERMAN SUPPLY ROUTE IN ITALY PEPPERED BY ALLIED BOMBERS This picture, taken by an R.A.F. reconnaissance pilot of the Desert Air Force (now operating in Italy) shows bomb-hits on the road and railway bridges spanning the River Tordino at Giulianova. The river is some 36 miles long and flows into the Adriatic just south of the town. The Germans have been using both the railway and the road for ...

... Many picturesque phrases have been used to describe conditions in the air over the Nettuno bridgehead. The Allies have variously been credited with air mastery and supremacy; correspon dents have commented on the absence of the Luftwaffe from the skies; while other reports have interjected tales of quite determined, if brief and localised, Nazi ground-strafing of the beaches and shipping. ...

... ON AN ENGLISH FISH FARM A scene from Nailsworth, in Gloucester shire, where fish are netted so that their eggs may be secured for restocking our trout rivers THF SQUIRREL WHICH TAPS FOR HER BREAKFAST A study of Miss Nellie Nutkin at the window, asking for food. Ac brkf,t-time every mornint, in the woodside cottage of Mrs. Jobson. a beautiful red squirrel with a big and bushy tail calls for her ...

... Probably no class of vessel of the Navy has put in more continuous hard work since the war broke out than have the minesweepers. Theirs is a non-stop job, and it would hardly be an exaggeration to say that if they were to cease work for twenty-four hours every shipping movement around our coasts would quickly have to come to a standstill. Broadly speaking, our sweepers fall into two categories ...

... A n American Armoured Unit in this country recently carried out an exercise under real battle conditions. Artillery, tanks, howitzers and assault guns all firing live ammunition supported the infantry. The picture reproduced above shows one of the effective weapons used during the exer cise. This 75-mm. gun, mounted on an M-5 tank chassis and resembling a mortar rather than an artillery piece, ...

... THE effect of Allied bombing, both area and precision, has been exposed to the limelight respectively by eminent Churchmen and by Kessel ring's ability to bring large forces on the scene round Nettuno. With respect to the city-by-city blasting of Germanv. several observations suggest themselves. That the time to protest was when the bombing Dolicv was laid down in 1040, since air-building ...