... ;d|J a.. raj^afe^few^w;- iBt lKahnjfcSP^BjMT J-- A.W-j A_ a- ^■W iJRt' iSg^foJBk- tttaH, itJB. gSJall ir ./W^ i. -saM. w a :r; ratgSw^BM ffr,:MMIrwr *9 LORD'S, AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY, 1944: Sixteen thousand people watched an England Eleven gain a hard-fought victory over Australia, as represented by the R.A.A.F. The latter, though without their outstanding bat, Pilot-Officer Carmody, again were ...

... Turn-outs at Staines Horse Show /^RGANISED in aid of the Commando Benevolent Fund, the Show W not only provided pleasure to hundreds of riverside holiday- makers, but raised considerable funds in a splendid cause The gymkhana features included the usual classes for show jumping, entries for the juvenile events proving to be especially popular! THE GRANTLEY CUP was awarded to Mr. Liley, whose ...

... By Foresight Advance THE Allies are sweeping forward on all sides of Germany to engulf the Nazis. King Canute could not stay the tide, neither can Hitler. In a short space of time all Northern France will be secure in Allied hands. Soon after this Belgium and Holland will be freed. The Russians will be marching into Germany. Ait tms because tne invasion of the coast of Normandy was the most ...

... 0: A Wartime Chronicle of Town and Country Home Again No one who has had the privilege of meeting His Majesty since his return from Italy can have the slightest doubt that the King thoroughly enjoyed himself on his very strenuous twelve days among the Navy, Army and Air Force men in that theatre of war. Under his deep coating pf sunburn, the King's face bore traces of travel fatigue when he ...

... The Cottenhams at Home With Their Three Little Girls, Maryc, Davina and Gillian The Earl and Countess of Cottenham live in Hertford shire with their three smull daughters. Lord Cottenhum, who succeeded his brother in 1943, is chairman and managing director of Barkers Contractors, Ltd., one of the largest Arms of industrial caterers. He married the only daughter of the Marquess of Abergavenny. ...

... Flying Instructors at a Royal Naval Air Station D. R. Stuart Sitting Lts. (A.) Birse, D.S.O., R.N.R., (A.) Coxon, R.N., (A.) Suthers, R.N., Lt-Cdr. (A.) Thorpe, R.N., Lt.-Cdr. Norcock, R.N., Lts. (A.) Phillips, R.N., (A.) Sutton, D.S.C., R.N.V.R., (A.) Connolly, R.N.V.R. Standing Lts. Murricanc, R.N.R., (A.) Davies, R.N.V.R., (A.) Neville, R.N.V.R., Sub-Lts. (A.) Barr, D.S.C., R.N.V.R., Elliot ...

... AIR EDDIES By Oliver Stewart Up the Gawpers WITH the best intentions, the Daily Express not long ago was inveighing against fly-bomb gawpers as it called them. Although I see the point it was making and appreciate that crowds of the inexpert are apt to get in the way of the expert and trained rescue squads, I am not entirely satisfied that we ought to pillory the gawper. If one day I find ...

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... THE FALL OF FLORENCE South Africans enter the city in the early hours of August 4 and take up on their tanks enthusiastic young Florentines mm mm m*/ ANTI-FASCIST ITALIANS IN THE STREETS OF FLORENCE engage Fascist and German snipers after the Allied entry THIS IS ONLY ONE OF THE THOUSANDS OF DEMOLITIONS WHICH THE ALLIES HAVE HAD TO FACE during their advance up the Italian mainland to Florence. ...

... On right On several occasions during recent operations in Normandy, great enemy activity has been observed around some of the chateaux with which the French countryside Is dotted. These chateaux are usually set in a woodland surrounding, with one face open to the sun. Attacks by the Allies on German-occupied buildings of this character have been made sometimes by our land forces on other ...

... The method of digging-in Panthers and Tigers originated in the Western Desert, where these powerful engines of war were put into shallow depressions in the hull-down position so that they could hold up an advance and yet present a most difficult target to our gunners. In Italy, the method was improved upon by the Germans, who utilised the turrets from knocked- out tanks to erect miniature ...

... By Our Horticultural Correspondent Over the greater part of the country, vegetable growers have experienced a trying and disappointing season, and generally speaking, crops are below average in both quality and quantity. The importance of those finishing touches by which produce is brought to the highest state of maturity is greater than ever before and the utmost care in lifting and storage ...