... A WAR NEWSLETTER -No. 266 i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Epic of Arnhem.-- Pereunt et imputantur. Thousands of gallant young men have died, been wounded or been captured in this epic struggle by a Division of the Airborne Army to hold Arnhem and its bridges. It was not to be. The Germans were too strong. Their powers of resistance were perhaps under-estimated and the difficulties of the terrain ...

... THE SKYBORNE TROOPS IN ACTION WITH 3-IN. MORTARS, firing on enemy positions across the Rhine. Many of the men were said to be so tired that they smiled as if it hurt them to move their mouths GERMAN PRISONERS ROUNDED UP BY BRITISH PARATROOPS At one time many hundreds of them were captured, but- presumably had to be released later at the withdraw MAJOR jOCK NEILL (ON LEFT), C Company of a ...

... A FLYING BUTTRESS TO THE WALL OF THE HOUSES OF PARLIA MENT along Westminster Bridge. The buttress effect was achieved by covering the concrete strong-point inside with canvas and painting to harmonise with the architecture of the Parliament buildings PART OF THE DOWNING STREET DEFENCES A massive concreti fortification which blends with the masonry of the Homt Office in Whitehall. In the ...

... A NEW TYPE OF RIVER FERRY NOW BEING USED BY THE ALLIED ARMIES IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM i first went into action for the crossing of the Seine at Elbeuf-- Drawing by 8. C. Wood. This craft (which i ferrying a Bren carrier and trailer) consists of two decked barges connected by girders. It carries a ramp at eat end, raised or lowered by means of wire ropes operated by the motor and winding-drum on ...

... KEPHI r ^^vJT-' I L ^9mes J*? GERMAN CIVILIANS, YOUNG AND OLD, ORDERED TO BUILD REICH DEFENCES. The full-scale defence of the Rhineland has been ordered by the German High Com mand, and the Todt Organisation has conscripted every available man and woman and youth to speed up the building of fortifications and defences. The German radio has declared that the war on German soil will be fought ...

... I ONCE described the Irish as the Spaniards of the North. Equally, I can now describe the Argentine as the Eire of South America. From the Psychological point of view, there is very much in common between the two neutrals. The Argentinians are proud and sensitive. They do not like to be told what to do by other countries, and the more outside pressure is brought to bear on the existing ...

... Reviewed by PHILIP PAGE RICHARD III (New).-- By far the best achieve ment of the Old Vic Company at the New Theatre is its production of Richard III, with Mr. Laurence Olivier as Richard. Indeed, I would go so far as to say this is the most notable Shake spearean effort for some years (and I am not for getting the admirable work of Mr. Donald Wolfit). Mr. Olivier deserves the chorus of praise ...

... WE should hand one thing to the Nazis: they tell others in advance what they propose to do. Twenty years ago Hitler was sitting in Lands berg, writing most of what came off during the years 1933-42. And now here is his Gang giving us a preview of what they mean by resistance to the approaching occupation of the Reich. Some of it is screamed from the platform and in print some of it comes out ...

... AS A ROCKET-FIRING L.C.I. LAYS DOWN A BARRAGE ON THE ALREADY-OBSCURED BEACH AT PELELIU, a wave of Alligators churns towards the island to storm the Jap defences. This picture, taken at the start of the invasion, shows the tough little amphibious tanks, with their turret-housed cannon, going in as the American barrage lifts at zero hour on September 15 A SCENE ON THE INVASION BEACH The ...

... WHEN THE GERMANS WERE IN PARIS and two pictures from the maginot THIS IS HOW THE FAMOUS PLACE DE L'OPERA IN PARIS LOOKED DURING THE GERMAN OCCUPATION. There were signs by the score, each indicating some office, or organisation, or headquarters, run by the enemy in occupation. The only cars to be seen in the streets were German. Since the liberation of Paris the signs have all been pulled down ...

... NIGHT LIFE AND GEORGES CARPENTIER RETURN TO PARIS: The Lido Club during the Grand Reopening Night. Despite all reports to the contrary (the most recent was of his arrest in Bordeaux), Georges Carpentier i now in Paris. Furthermore, he is back at his old post After four years, the Lido Club, largest night-club in the capital, has reopened its doors, and Carpentier is there in his old role of ...

... THE PRE-FABRICATED HARBOUR CONSTRUCTED ON THE FRENCH COAST FOR THE INVASION BY THE ALLIED ARMIES ON JUNE 6. The scene at Arromanches, showing the pier which led to the beaches of Normandy and through which the Invasion material flowed from Britain (See also page 99 of this issue) The building in Britain of harbours for the Normandy beaches, and the ferrying of them across the Channel for the ...