... During the earlier stage of the German thrust into 1 Belgium it was frequently stated that all planes were grounded owing to dense fog and mist. On some days, when German massed divisions were creeping steadily forward on all the roads through Luxembourg and Eastern Belgium, the artillery could do little or nothing to stop this crawling, but ceaseless, advance. With visibility of a few yards, ...

... Touring recent weeks British piloti have reported that the Luft waffe have been coming up in greater strength. This new development follows the recovery by the German armies of their eyes the high flying, very fast, jet-propelled Me. 262s. Previously, the pilots ol the latter had always avoided close fighting, obviously under orders. The Me. 262 is a single-seat, low- wing monoplane its two ...

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... BRITISH TROOPS MOVING UP TO THE ATTACK IN THE MARCHE AREA, in the northern part of the big German bulge into Belgium It is now known that British infantry and armoured units have been taking part in the counter-offensive on the northern side of von Rundstedt's salient. They are under command of Field-Marshal Montgomery, who is also in command of the First and Ninth U.S. Armies as well as the ...

... THAT positively-named branch, Intelligence, has been having a draughty Press on the other side of the Atlantic. General Peyton March leads the critics' chorus. Members of the Intelligence Services, he pronounces, appear to have been un aware of a German force of 200,000 men. Imagine the population of Richmond, Virginia, being assembled across the Potomac and we not knowing about it! ...

... THE SCENE IN THE HARBOUR AT MANILA (CAPITAL OF THE PHILIPPINE GROUP) AFTER A STRIKE BY AIRCRAFT FROM AMERICA! CARRIERS. This remarkable aerial reconnaissance photograph was taken over Manila on November 25. It graphically portrayi the weight of recent American strikes against Jap shipping concentrated there. Thirty-three vessels, sunk or sinking, are visibli in and near the breakwater ...

... THE DUCHESS OF KENT AND HER TWO CHILDREN VISIT THE COLISEUM PANTOMIME The two boxes occupied by the Royal party during the matinee performance on January 2. Princess Alexandra and Prince Edward (now Duke of Kent) are seen in the right-hand box the Duchess (with Lord and Lady Herbert) in the left. After the performance the Royal party went behind the scenes, and the children were given a ride ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER -No. 280 i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. On to Our Finest Hour.-- The fury of the last great battle (as we hope) must now increase on all fronts, for the light is coming back, the worst of the fog soon will be over and the ground will become fit for tracks and wheels, and the sky for air armadas. Even now in Budapest and the Ardennes the tempo should satisfy the most robust and ...

... Just how far the U.S. First Army in the Ardennes was taken by surprise when the Ger mans launched their massed assault on December 16-17 will probably not be known for some time to come in full completeness. But there are certain things about the break-through already known. Only three days before Rundstedt hit out, a First Army patrol had actually advanced east of Monschau this sortie was ...

... ON THE NORTHERN FLANK OF THE GERMAN SALIENT IN BELGIUM A vivid picture from a small town which changed hands several times during the savage fighting. The town is Manhay, now in ruins a knocked-out American tank lies almost capsized in the ditch, with a dead cow in the foreground near by. Not a soul is in sight, and the ground is everywhere churned up by the artillery barrages. Manhay lies to ...

... THE ROAD TO PINWE, IMPORTANT MILESTONE ON THE ROAD TO MAN- DALAY Men of the British 36th Division moving up to the front. Heav>^ fighting preceded the capture of the Burmese town of Pinwe on November 30, 1944, by the British 36th Division, veterans of the present cam paign against the Japs. One month later, following a link-up with the 4th Corps (which had advanced from the west bank of the ...

... 1 THE PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO THE BELGIAN BATTLEFIELD, DURING WHICH HE MET FIELD-MARSHAL MONTGOMERY AT THE LATTER'S HEADQUARTERS whilst the battle against the Germans in the Salient was still raging. Accompanied by Sir Alan Brooke (Chief of the Imperial General Staff), the Premier is here leavino Headauarters to motor to an airfield from which he flew back to England rollowing swiftly on his ...