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... By Elizabeth Bowen Ora Formidabile AMONG the hundred thousands of faces milling about jubilant Paris on the night of November n, 1918, one paused, care worn, under an arc light of a boulevard. It was that of Emmanuele, Italian journalist, who thus greeted his American friend Yes, we have an armistice the ora formidabile has struck. The American was Stephen Bonsai, whose Unfinished Business ...

... _ J l T f nr* T? A M A tribute to airborne troops who took part in the Arnnem operation was paiu oy Browning, Deputy Commander 1st Allied Airborne Army, in a recent lecture at the Royal United Service Institution in Whitehall. It lias been said of the 1st Airborne Division that it combines the toughness of commandos with the discipline of the Brigade of Guards. This is perhaps not surprising ...

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... THE BRITISH LANDING AT WESTKAPELLE On the Island of Walcheren The final phase of the battle to free the approaches to the Belgian port of Antwerp began on November 1 when Royal Marine Commandos landed at dawn at Westkapelle, the westernmost point on the island of Walcheren. By dusk the town had been captured and a bridgehead 3,000 yards long to the south had been established. From this ...

... 1WT any months after the so-called Liberation of France, it will doubtless come as a blow to many English people to realise that the Germans have not everywhere been forced to sur render in that country, or to evacuate the ports and harbours. Along the Atlantic coast a force of some 60,000 Germans still remain in possession of practically all the towns and harbours from Lorient down to the ...

... The capture of Hertogenbosch was by no means a simple operation. It was effected by the adroit converging movement of several columns, whiclHjad to advance through a typical stretch of Dutch polder country One column advanced from the eastward by way of a linking road which flanks the big canal known as Zuid Willems Vaart. They fought their way along this road through Heeswijk to Berlikum. At ...

... ONE OF THE RESULTS OF THE R.A.F. RAID ON COLOGNE ON OCTOBER 28. The large highway suspension bridge which was completely demolished Cologne, the worst-damaged city in the whole of the Ruhr and Rhineland, was given its heaviest attack of the whole war by Bomber Command in the daylight attack on October 28, when Lancasters and Halifaxes dropped a great weight of high-explosive and incendiary ...

... THE Prime Minister having announced that he could not predict, much less guarantee, the end of the German war before the spring or early summer of 1945, the future of British industry is likely to be still further behind its Allied competitors (notably the United States) than most people had thought. Since last August, a large amount of American industry has been turned over to the manufacture ...

... THE English Jersey Cattle Society held their autumn Show and Sale at Reading on October 5. There was a large attendance and keen competition. Channel Island breeds have maintained a high level of value, as it is still uncertain how far the German occupation will affect the future of the native island cattle. Mr. H. L. Basden was judge for the female classes, and the President acted in a ...

... [From Our Parliamentary Correspondent.] Westminster, Monday, November 6. IN the House of Commons Mr. Hudson is being badgered about the absence of a Government statement on post-war agricultural policy. The general view was recently summed up by Miss Megan Lloyd George when she said, We are all eagerly awaiting a declaration of Government policy. We hope that it will not be delayed very much ...

... Wilson The Life Story of a Great American President Who Fought for Peace Wilson, the life-story of a schoolmaster who became President of the United States of America, is expected to reach this country early in the New Year. It has been made by Darryl F. Zanuck under the direction of Henry King and sets out to tell the story of Woodrow Wilson, the schoolmaster, lover, father, prophet and ...