... Family Party in Norfolk Lady Sylvia Combe and Her Children L Robin and Rowena Combe with Their Mother Going for a Ride Lady Sylvia Combe and Her Family in the Garden Photographs by Compton Collier I# Lady Sylvia Combe was photographed with her son and daughter at their home near King's Lynn. She is the elder of the Earl and Countess of Leicester's two daughters, and was married in 1932. Her ...

... ■^4 H* By Sabretache Obacht I RIOTS have been reported in various parts of Germany as a result of quite un founded rumours that the Allies intend to make a gas attack as a reprisal for the use of flying bombs by the Germans. So let us refresh our memories and read this, in view of the threat in the. German Press to launch a gas attack upon this country: The Cabinet (1915) decided 011 ...

... All the beauty of black, the dark allure of slim, sleek lines are concentrated in the superbly sophisticated simplicity of this Spectator model. Sheer black wool moulds the figure, the how effect in the bodice being achieved with an inset crossover of black georgette lined with white. The woollen belt fits closely, its only ornament a collector's piece which is not, unfortunately, sold with ...

... MYSELF AT THE PICTURES West and Middle West By James Agate WHAT a very interesting and exciting city Lisbon must be! Placing my complete confidence in Hollywood's never-failing accuracy I have decided that Portugal' s capital is a picturesque jumble of dark streets and over-lit night-clubs, whose frequenters and habitués consist entirely of spies, dancers, singers, guitar-players, thugs, ...

... The Hon. Mrs. John Harvey and Her Children Major John Leslie Har vey's wife and sons are seen at their home at Ringstead Bury, Norfolk. He is in the Scots Guards, and married the Hon. Anne Wigram, Lord J Figram's only daughter, in 1939. Their sons are Jonathan and Peter XBWsrf? ewaiMKs i. w r. Mrs. Henry Collis and Her Son, Robin The wife of Major Henry Collis is a daughter of the late Major I ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER -No. 268 i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. In Moscow.-- If I had the use of a magic carpet and invisible cloak, I should be in Moscow to-day at the time of writing. I should like to make a first-hand study of the relations of Stalin and Mr. Churchill. No one can read history without reaching the sure and alarming conclusion that the destinies of nations depend far more on the ...

... At last a gap has been made, ten miles north of Aachen, through the formidable defences of the Siegfried Line, which had been strengthened by every device known to the enemy-- dragon's teeth, con crete and steel pill-boxes, anti-tank ditches, foxholes, mines and heavy wire. After a week of bitter and con centrated fighting the American rirst Army, under General Hodges, achieved a great success ...

... The island of Walcheren is one of the most interesting portions of the territory making up modern Holland. It is the most westerly of the large islands bordering the Scheldt, and its western side faces the open waters of the North Sea. It is roughly diamond- shaped. It was at the western apex that the heavy bombs (12,000 lb.) of the R.A.F. broke the sea barrier near Westcapelle. A continuous ...

... d 1 1 n iW After a landing of limited size in Albania, the Allied Command launched another attack, this time in Greece itself, in a district lying to the south of the first one. Patras, where the Allied troops landed on October 4, lies at the head of the Gulf of Corinth, and is, or was, the chief commercial port and city of Greece. Nearly all exports and imports flowed through Patras, which ...

... THE UNSPEAKABLE SCOT.-- More than once in the past twenty years I have commented on the bitter reactions by scores of Englishmen (as evidenced by my correspondence from readers of The Sphere) to any friendly reference to, or praise of, Scotland and the Scot. Some of these critics are quite obviously urgent cases for the alienist. A few have pro- 1 bablv left it too late. The most brilliant ...

... For some months now the Nazis have been experiencing trouble with the Danes, who have never taken kindjy to the German occupation of their country. On September 19 last, matters came to a head when the Germans tried to storm the Amalianborg Castle in Copenhagen, the residence of King Christian. A fierce battle raged around this point when an attempt was made by a Nazi naval detachment to seize ...

... 0 Oti /)*y A Wartime Chronicle of Town and Country Ifrnuhart of Arnhem MAJOR-GENERAL R. E. URQUHART, the very gallant commander of the British First Airborne Division at Arnhem, who had the exceptional honour of receiving the C.B. (Military Division) from His Majesty in private audience within a very short time of his return to this country, had a long and dramatic story to tell the King about ...