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... By a Force Commanded by the Late Maj.-Gen. Wingate, Famous for His Previous 'Chindit Exploit In one of the most brilliant air operations of the war, British and Indian troops have been landed by moonlight 200 miles behind the Japanese lines in Burma. By this daring assault, a strong British force has split communications between the enemy's northern and southern armies. The operation was made ...
... THE WOMAN WHO IS TO BECOME CHIEF TAX COLLECTOR Miss A. Hopkins, is the first woman to win promotion to the grade of Chief Collector of Taxes. Not yet thirty-eight, she reached the grade in competition, with her male colleagues. She has not yet been appointed co a Chief Collectorship, but is hoping to receive one soon. Starting in Peterborough as a junior clerk, Miss Hopkins has been promoted ...
... In the four years since the night of April 13, 1940, more than 300 enemy ships have been sunk or damaged by Bomber Command of the R.A.F, They have carried out in that period over 13,000 sea-mining sorties, laying their deadly loads in channels, harbours and waterways all along the seaboard from the Bay of Biscay to the Gulf of Danzig, in the Baltic (830 miles from base), and to distant ...
... m Human torpedoes, manned by personnel of the Submarine Branch of the Royal Navy, have been used with conspicuous success during operations in enemy waters. Duiing a night attack carried out n January 1943 against the strongly- efended nemy base at Palermo, several f these human torpedoes negotiated a et defence and proceeded undetected cross the whole length of the harbour. )ne crall ...
... WHAT are we going to drink after the war? In an escapist mood I have been looking through The Price of Pleasure, a book I wrote in 1934, and came across the following additions to his wine cellar made that year by a connection of mine:-- 10 dozen Port, Croft 1922, at 74s., £37; 10 dozen Port, Dow 1924, at 72s., £36; 10 dozen Port, Cockburn 1927, at 72s., £36; 10 dozen Port, Graham 1927, at 60s ...
... THE FIFTH ARMY'S CIRCUS an experiment in front-line entertain ment in Italy On the main fighting front around Cassino is a group of tents under the control of E.F.I, known as the Circus. Here the front-line troops can relax and enjoy themselves during their rest periods. In the Circus are a barber's shop, a games tent, a rest tent and a restaurant. There are twenty-two tents in all, with a ...
... RUSSIAN knocking at the Carpathians has invested the guerilla movements on the Continent with a new and quickened interest. It should not be very long before we know to what extent half-a-dozen States are willing or able to respond to Allied, particularly Soviet, calls for action against the Germans. We seem to be entering a phase when some of the uncertainties and divergencies of opinion ...
... he first intimation that the famous volcano was in eruption came on March 20. It was then announced that three streams of lava were flowing from the peak one to the south another to the south-west and a third to the north. The village of Boscotrecaso was especially threatened by a stream a quarter of a mile wide and 7 ft high. Then came details of a much bigger lava stream pouring down from ...
... IsiSii TO understand what is going on in Yugoslavia, and to appre ciate the peculiar difficulties and character of the fighting, one must know something of the country and its peoples. Yugoslavia has an area, roughly speaking, one-third larger than that of England and Wales and an estimated population of 15,250,000, compared with the 41,500,000 of England and Wales. The kingdom, as it emerged ...
... GERMA PLANES USE MORTAR GUNS AGAINST THE DAYLIGHT-RAIDING FORTRESSES. Mustang fighters of the escort guarding the bombers fly in to attack the enemy as the latter attempt to interfere with the American formations-- Drawing by Roland Davits Some time ago the Uermans introduced a new weapon tor air combat to break up the big formations In which the Flying Fortresses penetrate into the heart of ...
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... AN IMPRESSIVE PICTURE OF CASSINO AS SEEN FROM THE AIR, showing the great havoc caused by Allied bombs during the battle for the town. Not a single building remains whole ,E mATTLEFIELD AR0UND CASSINO AND MONASTERY HILL AS SEEN FROM THE CENTRE OF THE TOWN. The latter is now a heap of rubble on the slopes of Monastery Hill (seen in the left background) New Zealand and Gurkha troops managed to ...