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... BOVRIL BOVRIL Let's have a cup of JLOU can't beat a stimulating cup of Bo veil to sustain and keep you cheerful during these vital times. Cook with Bovril it helps to make your war-time dishes tastier and remember, Bovril spread on toast with snacks is most appetising. The war has changed many familiar things, but the high quality of Bovril remains the same. In bottles 1 oz. l\d. 2 oz. 1/2; 4 ...

Published: Saturday 27 January 1945
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 82 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: Photographs 

A WAR NEWSLETTER--No. 282

... A WAR NEWSLETTER -No. 282 i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Two Pictures.-- That Mr. Churchill was ever a fighter must be admitted by all his friends and fans. It would be wrong to deduce from that fact (as a few bitter critics do) that he loves war. He revels in a fight, his notion of defence in any situation is attack. That is a very different pro position. It may be his methods of defence in ...

Published: Saturday 27 January 1945
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2018 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: Photographs 

From the CONTINENTAL BATTLE-FRONTS

... From the Continental Battle- Fronts Late Pictures from the Western and Eastern Theatres and Two Pictures from Greece I 2 Pouring the few days which I* have just elapsed, the news from all the fighting f fronts has been so good that, once again, hopes have been springing high In Russia jl and on the Western Front to say nothing of Burma, or of the Philippines, where the i Americans are sweeping ...

Published: Saturday 27 January 1945
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 446 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

TWO MONTHS of WINTER DRAMA in the EAST: The Russian Advance Towards Silesia Should Have a Decisive Effect on ..

... BY mid-March, when the Polish and East German snow and ice have turned considerably to mud and slush, it should be possible to determine what are the Germans' chances of prolonging the war for the remainder of the year. The Red Army carried on through last spring's Galician mud, yet what it does on the frozen surfaces is the real measure of its superiority over the Wehrmacht. The Russians ca\r ...

Published: Saturday 27 January 1945
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1814 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Photographs 

The WORST WEATHER of the WAR: The Snow and Ice on the Battlefields of Belgium

... THE ICY SCENE IN LAROCHE AFTER BRITISH TROOPS HAD ENTERED THE KEY TOWN Highland infantry crossing an improvised bridge. Their advance had to be made with great caution owing to the 1 _ f i _r. i i ii .I numoer or mines ierc Denina Dy ine Germans. These had been covered by the heavy snows, and were thus the more dangerous. The steep hill rising in the background shows the kind of terrain in ...

FROM MANY PARTS of the WORLD: Pictures Connected with the War Effort in Many Far-off Countries

... THE NEW RESIDENT MINISTER ARRIVES IN BRITISH WEST AFRICA Captain Balfour, M.P., chatting with the G.O.C.-in-C., Lieut. -General Sir Francis Nosworthy, D.S.O., at the Accra Airport on arrival from the United Kingdom COVERED BY A CHIEF'S UMBRELLA, Captain Balfour is met on arrival at Accra by Sir Alan Burns, Governor of the Gold Coast Captain the Right Honourable Harold H. Balfour, M.C.; M.P., ...

Published: Saturday 27 January 1945
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 937 | Page: Page 22, 23 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE COMING OF THE WEASEL

... The Weasel is the latest American-built craft to make its appearance behind the battlefront in Holland and Belgium. It was specially designed to carry supplies or troops over swampy land, ponds or streams or floods which might prevent the passage of ordinary cargo vehicles. Measuring 14i ft. long and 4 ft. 3 in. high, it will travel through mud, water and on dry land, and it will climb a ...

Published: Saturday 27 January 1945
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 513 | Page: Page 24 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

SCENES BEHIND the WESTERN LINE

... Strewing the edges of the roadway leading to the Rhine are numberless evidences of the heavy losses the enemy has sustained in guns and armour of all kinds. In the above drawing a knocked-out German field-gun lies helpless by the side of the village street; across its trail stretches the prone body of a dead German gunner. Red Cross men have already arrived in the village and are engaged in ...

Published: Saturday 31 March 1945
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 837 | Page: Page 14, 15 | Tags: Illustrations  Photographs 

THE WAR BY SEA

... £Tnemy submarines have been increasing their effort against Allied supply lines at sea during, the past weeks. They have appeared in home waters, their periscopes feathering areas in which they had not previously been seen for many a long month. Now they are attempting to catch our convoys un awares in waters which our sea captains and convoy com manders had come to regard as more or less safe ...

Published: Saturday 31 March 1945
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 745 | Page: Page 18, 19 | Tags: Photographs 

WAR PICTURES FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES

... MR. STETTINIUS GOES TO MEXICO for a conference with representatives from the American Republics This picture was taken in the Jewel Room of the Chapultepec Castle, in Mexico City. It shows the delegates during the opening session of the Inter-American Conference to discuss problems of war and peace. Seated from left to right (beginning at the third from the left) are Dr. Joaquin Fernandez, ...

Published: Saturday 31 March 1945
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1063 | Page: Page 24, 25 | Tags: Photographs 

READY FOR THE RHINE CROSSINGS

... THERE is never enough Bailey bridging. This bridging is quite the best thing in that line we have ever had. It does everything we want. With extensive demolitions you need masses of Bailey bridging, and I hope it is produced in great quantities: it will be needed wherever we operate in Europe. Sappers are getting very skilled at Bailey bridging; even that 300-ft. gap over the Trigno, with all ...

Published: Saturday 31 March 1945
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1895 | Page: Page 26 | Tags: Photographs 

IN BRITAIN TO-DAY: Scenes of Wartime Activities in Field and Shipyard--And Details of the New Artificial ..

... Touring the war a complete oil-pipe-hne system has been built in Britain, to ensure a rapid supply of the invaluable fluid and also safety from enemy bombers apart from its other uses. The scheme enabled the pumping I of 5,000,000 gallons a day during the invasion of the C Continent. At great airfields in this country high-octane spirit for use in fighter and bomber aircraft can be obtained A ...

Published: Saturday 31 March 1945
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1022 | Page: Page 28, 29 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs