... 'The small Japanese garrison in Myitkyina, though surprised by the sudden appearance of Merrill's troops, has not proved easy to overcome. They lost the main airfield, lying to the south of the town, but kept up resistance within the town itself. At first it seemed that they would be quietly overwhelmed the railway station was captured after fierce fighting, and about a third of the town was ...

... On this and the following pages, we present to our readers a number of drawings specially done for this issue to illustrate the strategy of the present big offensive in Italy and to depict outstand ing incidents during the heavy fighting on the various battlefronts. At the same time, we reproduce some official photo graphs, of which a great number is now reaching this country. Most of these ...

... ()ne of the most outstanding features of the defence zone chosen by Kesselring in Italy (and which withstood the Allied assaults all through the winter) was the dominating peak of Monte Cairo. In addition to its dominating qualities as a gun position, correspondents later underlined its immense value as a look-out post. From various points, German observers could watch almost every Allied ...

... THE beekeeper who has a spare hive and wishes to increase his stocks without the risk of a natural swarm can induce an artificial swarm. There are two methods of doing this, which differ slightly. The choice depends on whether or not queen cells have been formed. The new hive must be prepared with ten empty combs-- drawn out for pre ference. Inject a little smoke at the entrance of the hive to ...

... WAV OF THE WAR uBy Foresight Thought THE pattern of the strategy by which freedom is to be restored to Europe by force of Allied arms has not yet been fully unfolded. The Allied commanders are obviously holding more surprises in their hands. This may be one of the reasons why Hitler has not shown the full force of his resistance to our landings. But this thought springs to one's mind as ...

... MYSELF AT THE PICTURES Two Grand Films and Miss Rogers By James Agate BY one of those felicities which Coincidence can produce when she likes, The Way Ahead (Odeon) was shown to the press at the very hour when the Invasion news was breaking. In my view this superb picture knocks every war picture made in this country silly, sideways and flat. This for the reason that I believe it to be true. ...

... -/4 By Sabretache Gentlemen of the Jury THE time has now arrived when it devolves upon me to sum up the evidence in this curious case, in which the charge against the various accused, whom you see before you in the dock, and two of them in particular, is the serious one of obtaining money by false pretences! You have heard the evidence, had every opportunity of observing the demeanour of the ...

... By Elizabeth Bowen Trio INDIGO, by Christine Weston (Collins; 10s. 6d.), has an Indian background, and is the story of a triangular friendship. Jacques St. Remy, French; John Macbeth, English; and Hardyal, Hindu, are contem poraries: in the course of the novel-- which opens in 1889, on Jacques's fourteenth birthday, and closes after the First World War-- we watch these three from adolescence ...

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... AIR EDDIES By Oliver Stewart Figures from the U.S.A. THE disclosure of news is rapidly becoming a major crime. There was a vast deal of barracking when the Aircraft Production Board of the United States War Production Board issued figures for Allied aircraft output in such a way that ingenious air correspondents were able immediately to calculate from them the British output. Now talking about ...