... ■MMgHIKH L iluS|JHylaEjU IYIA1 f;HJ J 7 Drawing by W. G. Whitaker It was clear from comments made in the -'J-JfrW J£r/ JPW HE GERMAN ARMOUR GOES FORWARD IN THE ECHTERNACH AREA IN DEEP SNOW THE sccas ON THE BOURSCHEID ROAD, beneath a picturesque ruined castle, and made a penetration into iAm ...

... THE BRITISH ARMY VERSUS THE E.L.A.S. IN ATHENS: a DISTANT VIEW OF MOUNT LYCABETTOS, WHICH IS NOW IN BRITISH HANDS; in the foreground a soldier scans the rooftops for hostile snipers in the city streets below Mr. Winston Churchill and Mr. Anthony Eden have been to Athens and returned to London the Archbishop Damaskinos has been appointed Regent in place of King George of the Hellenes and yet ...

... Just before Christmas, many of our soldiers who were lucky enough to get leave to England paid a visit to the Brussels shops and market-places for toys and presents to take home. Others who were not so lucky never theless did a tour of the shops and posted their gifts home. Busy scenes were to be witnessed in all the shops and stores, where a good supply of articles was to be found. There were ...

... _ 0 AS we are now entering the sixth year of war, it is time to hold a National Health stocktaking. How do we stand, physically and mentally, after all this total warfare, with its attendant blitzes, nerve strain, rationing and direction? The answer is surprisingly cheerful, to judge by a perusal of the as yet unpublished findings of the Ministry of Health. Arrnrdinrr to the pvnprts the most ...

... f j I 'l ^Hj WJ Jm /wSEN PEACE When Anglepoise Lamps be gin to light up writing desk, reading corner and knit ting circle we shall know that peace is here. Until then we crave your patience (you have been very very patient). Then you will enjoy its amazing obedience and flexibility, its many A\\ angles of lighting focussed on Ij the object not in your eyes. Ill On sale with Victory /i SOLE ...

... . T OOKING uncommonly like a pin-up girl, ANN CURTIS arrived home in San Francisco recently, from a Kansas swimming meet, with a triumph of eight national championships to her credit the greatest girl swimmer of the year. To welcome her a horde of 1500 fans crowded round the Fleischhacker Pool to watch the eighteen-year-old Ann demonstrate the powerful stroke that won her the 100-metre, 400 ...

... HOLLYWOOD HIGH-LIGHTS AS THEY ARE IN PRIVATE LIFE: ALL THE STARS AT A VICTORY CELEBRATION PARTY. jp^LSA MAXWELL, America's No. 1 Party Hostess, recently excelled herself by throwing a Victory Party to celebrate the Liberation of Paris. It took place on September 9, though Paris was freed on August 24 but the point is that Elsa sent out her invitations when the Allies were in Brittany, on Mid ...

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... CTarly in December 1944 the French in Alsace reported that they had destroyed a number of a new and improved German tanlv This was the Royal Tiger, successor to the formidable Tiger already known to our armies on the Continent. The specimens knocked out in November were found to bear dates as late as November 15, thus indicating that they were going into service almost straight from the ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER -No. 281 i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Lifting Clouds.-- The dim ness of the Christmas 1944-45 holidays may now be acknowledged. The clouds are lifting a little; the light is filtering back in nature and in the Allied. war situation. We may safely admit now that the clouds and fog of war were heavy and grievous. Once more we may hope that the worst is over. But that hope ...

... THE EXTRA WORK BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE SNOWS The men of the tank companies have taken to using whitewash on their armoured vehicles to make them blend with the white background. Here is an American M4 Sherman which has just been treated in this manner THE TYPE OF COUNTRY IN THE ARDENNES through which our men have been fighting the ground is very broken, with woded hills which give every advantage ...