... 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 The answer is surprisingly cheerful, to judge by a perusal of the as yet unpublished findings of the Ministry of Health.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 ...

... When the great German break-through into Belgium took place, the Americans in Bastogne, on the south side of the salient, were cut off. Lying on the flank of the advancing Germans the possession of this town was of the utmost importance but although called upon by the enemy to surrender and in danger of annihilation, the garrison held out, and for eight days they resisted the heaviest of ...

... A PICTURE TAKEN IN THE GREEK CAPITAL ON DECEMBER 16, when a company of British paratroops, supported by two Sherman tanks, patrolled the streets from strong-points and searched buildings where E.L.A.S. partisans were thought to be in hiding. With them went Greek policemen (on right). Here soldiers and police are seen moving up warily and under constant sniping into turipionou street, tneir ...

... The Ferncastle was a Norwegian tanker. On June 1 1, 1943, she leftJEsperance Bay, in South Australia, bound for the Persian Gulf by way of the Indian Ocean she was in ballast and alone. On June 17, towards evening, when some 1,000 miles west of Australia and 2,600 miles from Madagascar, she was hit by two torpedoes from a Japanese motor torpedo-boat. Shortly after an enemy auxiliary cruiser ...

... mtHBSBKm IN SPAIN-- THE MOST FANTASTIC WEDDING OF THE WAR. The scene in front of the High Altar in Seville Cathedral during the marriage of Prince Pedro of Orleans-Braganza (grandson of the first Emperor of Brazil) and Princess Esperanza de Bourbon-Orleans. From left to right are the Infante Don Carlos (the bride's father) the bridegroom the bride and the Countess Dobrezensky (the ...

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... H IN THE NARROW STREETS OF STAVELOT, WHERE THE BATTLE WAGED FIERCELY. A German Tiger tank knocked out during the pitiless battle. At the time this picture was taken, it was impossible For tie cameraman to find cover, as he found himself in the thick of the fight THE INFANTRY RECEIVE AN ISSUE OF HAND-GRENADES. For the first few days of the German onslaught the struggle was fought out mainly by ...

... LM.IJ'IIJWUIJM A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE CITY OF ATHENS, showing the points of greatest interest during THE PRESENT CONFLICT BETWEEN E.L.A.S. FORCES AND BRITISH TROOPS. This view extends from the Parthenon, at the extreme left, to the Marathon Dam, on the north-eastern side of the city included are the chief buildings, and the areas in which the heaviest clashes occurred. Most of the principal ...

... t^MimLA\aima3smmmmmmr abrt.4 IHMU- lju-H-L' r. nr^-- The Capture of Faenza Faenza, a pleasant town situated on the mam road from Rimini to Bologna, fell at last on December 17, after a protracted struggle. It was protected on the south and west by the foothills of the Apennines and by the River Lamone which flowed round it. Two other rivers, running down from the mountains and cutting across ...