... TWO LAKELAND FARMS FOR THE NATION A picture of Millbeck Farm, Great Langdale, with the Langdale Pikes providing an impressive background. The Master of Trinity, Dr. G. M. Trevelyan, O.M., has given to the National Trust his two farms. Millbeck and Harry Place' in Great Langdale, Westmorland, with a total area of 289 acres. The Trust already owns the Dungeon Ghyll Hotel and three farms at the ...

... 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 ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER -No. 242 i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Princess Elizabeth.-- The whole Empire is now offering its congratulations to Princess Elizabeth on attaining the age of eighteen. We wish her long life and health, and prosperity and peace in an era more golden than this. It is not, I think, for any of us, however inspired, to invent titles for her, or to discuss her constitutional ...

... mmmmm i j^^Hj^HaaGaasKi The exact position of the airborne troops who have landed deep into Burma has not been stated, but it is generally believed to be in the Katha area, between the Irrawaddy and the Shweli River, which flows into the main stream about twenty miles south of Katha. News has been received that these troops have not only cut the railway, but have also blocked about twelve ...

... During recent weeks the communiqués from Burma have contained frequent mention of the name of Imphal. This is the capital of the State of Manipur, on the Burma border, where fierce fighting has taken place between the British and Jap forces. Undoubtedly Imphal has been serving as a base in our campaign, and an important base too. But-- it is not a town! There are no towns in the ordinary sense ...

... T^he photographs reproduced on this page record the brilliant work of the Fleet Air Arm crews who, with perfect timing, hit the German battle ship Tirpitz with heavy and medium- sized bombs near the bridge, the after- turret, amidships, forward of the bridge and on the forecastle, as the battleship was about to move off from her anchor age in Alten Fiord, Norway, on Monday morning, April 3. ...

... T* he Germans seem determined to surprise our night-bomber pilots with some sort of new device on each occasion when a major British raid is being carried out. It may be a rocket-shell attack one night, or concentrated mortar-fire from night fighters or it may take the form of some new lighting device, with balls of various colours pushing their way up towards the bombers. Or, again, as is ...

... GENERAL DE GAULLE IN ALGIERS HONOURS A FRENCH HERO In honour of Colonel J. Colonna d'Ornano, a ceremony was held in Algiers on Sunday, March 26, at which General de Gaulle proclaimed the Rue de Constantme to be renamed after Colonel d'Ornano, who died while serving with the French troops in the Western Desert on January 1 1 1941. The streets were crowded with people as General de Gaulle ...

... The area within the semi-circle in the diagram on the right is one which will hold the attention of students of the diplomatic situation which is now steadily arising in Europe. It will be noted that the line stretches from Finland, on the north, to Italy, on the south. In 1914, Russia's western frontiers included Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Bessarabia, forming a bulwark ...

... THE NATURE OF THE FIGHTING ON THE ARAKAN FRONT IN BURMA: THE CAPTURE OF THE JAPS' FORTRESS AREA IN RAZABIL after a coast landing by British, Indian and West African troops on the enemy's flank early in March British and West African troops made a landing on the Japanese flank in Arakan early in March 1944. The landing was made some IS miles below Razabil, and was co-ordinated with the ...