... The VICTORY that lBy ILiet!atL(Gjini2:)8il Sa5 Qipg i.C.E„s K.C.S.1U i.SoO. {Commander-in-Chief in Mesopotamia, 1 9 19-20 Quartermaster-General in India, 1920 24) There must he many men who served at Gaza in March 1917, who, even to-day wonder how it was that the First Battle was so dramatically changed from victory into defeat. General MacMunn joint author of the official volume dealing with ...

... MORE BATTLE TACTICS IN THE AIR How the German Luftwaffe Try To Penetrate the British Defences at Hell's Corner A picture reproduced from the American magazine Life Hell's Corner is the name given by American correspondents to the South- East section of England around Dover, where most of the enemy's air attacks begin. This diagram, taken from the American magazine Life, shows how the ...

... AMBUSHED WITH AN ITALIAN COLUMN A Correspondent who was Himsell Under Fire Recounts in Detail the Attack on General Mariotti's Flanking Force in Ende Gorge during the Recent Ethiopian Campaign IN the extracts given in last week's issue from Marshal de Bono's book on the Italo-Abyssinian campaign, brief reference was made to General Mariotti's column. General Mariotti was, in fact, the central ...

... yf he J WING IN FAIRNESS TO AMERICA. By C* G. GREY, Editor of The Aeroplane IN common justice to our gallant American Allies, somebody ought to talk gently but firmly to the newspaper-paragraphers of the world at large about the yarns which are circulated concerning what the United States Air Service is going to do in the next six weeks, or the next six months, or whatever the period may be ...

... SMk. tUs: Hv The Magic of Islam. KNCRTH -AFRICAN 1 SfMOTORafi TOURS 1 i Verdure and blossom Peak and ifff. I chasm Mosque and minaret ffaff Ghostly ruins and teeming bazaars jgjfc Golden sands and glittering seguias yHjiS princely palaces and mud cities Va|v- Sunset and the Muezzin. A magnificent tour in the land of the stork, the scarlet ibis and the golden date the land of blood red dawn, ...

... YOU CAN BE SURE OF SHELL LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLL-LLANTYSIUOGOGOGOCH ...

... THE STRUGGLE FOR OIL: The Tens* Situation Around the Danube and the Black Sea The Eyes of War Sfrategists have been Turned Towards the Inland Sea Bordered by Turkey, the Balkans, and Southern Russia One important link in the chain by which it is desperately hoped to obtain Russian oil is the mighty Danube. When the spring comes, the river may be free of any physical bars to traffic, but at the ...

... A HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINEER ENCOUNTERS A UNIQUE OBSTACLE A Giant Boulder of Monumental Dimensions lhaf All but Prevented F. S. Smythe's Conquest of the Mana Peak BARRINf5 TUP WAV T/- tuc ci ih/ibziit mi., rr o c n.. i. Drawn for THIi SPHERE bv D. Alacbhersnn 1 r. O. omyme approacnmg ine great tunnelled boulder and Unset on left} attpmntinrf the tunnel which debouched on the very verge of a 4,000 ...

... THE DOMINIONS H.E.H. THE NIZAM df HYDERABAD and DEBAR THE DOMINIONS OF H.E.H. THE NIZAM, known as the State of Hyderabad, form the eastern portion of what is generally known as the Deccan, and excluding Berar, which, although administered jointly with the Central Provinces, is under the sover eignty of H.E.H. the Nizam, cover an area of 82,698 sq. miles, or more than the area of England and ...

... Whites and Reds Round the Spanish Capital FROM the dispatches reaching England hour by hour it is evident that (at the time of writing-- Wednesday) the whites (Nationalists) have been checked by the reds (Spanish Government) in their advance on Madrid and that at some points the whites have given ground. If the latest news is correct, the reds have called up reinforcements from the south ...

... MAPPING THE WORLD'S WAR-AFFECTED AREAS German Pro duction Bases Far East Reac tions Russia Invades Rumania TT7TIH the capitulation of France, Japan is seizing the opportunity V to re-assert tier Monroe Doctrine for the East, With this end in view, the French authorities in Indo-China and the British have been requested to prevent the passage of war material into China. The Petain Government ...

... THE NAVAL ENGAGEMENTS OF A STIRRING WEEK Shown in a Series of Special Sphere Pictorial Charts m 11 .i.iiiiiii i --i On left-- THE EFFECTIVE STAND OF THE NORWEGIANS AROUND OSLO Although Oslo was occupied and reinforced during the past few days spirited resistance was offered at Horten and Moss, with the result that three important German war ships were sunk by the shore batteries. The map shows ...