SEARCHING THE SEA FOR U-BOATS AN R.A.F. PILOT AND NAVIGATOR WORKING OUT THEIR COURSE WHILE ON PATROL. (Photograph by Charles E. Brown.)

OUR WORLD-WIDE TRADE STEADILY PROCEEDS IN 4000 VESSELS, OF WHICH 2500 ARE CONSTANTLY AT SEA, GUARDED BY THE ROYAL NAVY SOME OF THE 2500 MOVING IN CONVOY UP ONE OF THE SEAWAYS OF THE BRITISH COAST. {Ojfic ial Photograph s i Our world-wide trade," said Mr. Churchill in his stirring

A WILHELMSHAVEN RAIDER: THE BRISTOL "BLENHEIM," SO FAST THAT IT CAN SERVE AS A TWIN-ENGINED FIGHTER AS WELL AS A BOMBER. Photo f>rrss The Bristol Blenheim was probably the fastest bomber in service in the world when war broke out. It has two Bristol Mercury motors, with a speed a

NOW, as in the Boer War and in 1914, HOW it""1 Wright's Coal Tar Soap is the recognised y J i AA skin protective for the Services. The prow* generous antiseptic lather of Wright infection is a safeguard that you can give HIM. Vl/r#/ 1# ^9

CHRISTMAS BOXES FOR HITLER AND GEORING HUGE BOMBS AT A MUNITIONS FACTORY IN ENGLAND BEARING INSCRIPTIONS STRICTLY UNOFFICIAL. BUT ELOQUENT OF THE FEELING OF THE WORKERS. The national organisation of munitions supply proceeds apace. A reason was i given on October 13 why excavatin

THE ONLY CONCRETE RESULT OF THE FIRST GERMAN AIR RAIDS CAPTURED GERMAN AIRMEN IN LONDON. (GJ>.U.) Although, according to reports from neutral countries, Hitler has been debating with his generals the possibilities of a joint land and air attack on Eastern Britain, and, in ^n Engl

I THE ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS A The World Copyright of all the Editorial Matter, both Illustrations and Letterpress, is Strictly Reserved.

A CHECK AGAINST A^OURED CARS AND A HINDRANCE TO THE TANK: GIGANTIC COILS OF "FRENCH" WIRE, WHICH ENTWINES ITSELF AROUND ANY VEHICLE HAVING EXPOSED AXLES, THUS BRINGING IT TO A COMPLETE STOP-- BLOCKING A ROAD. {Topical.) j {Topical.)

THE FLAGSHIP OF BRITAIN'S HOME FLEET-- H.M.S. NELSON (33,950 TONS), WHICH MOUNTS THE HUGE ARMAMENT OF NINE 16-IN. GUNS. (Charles E. Brown.) H.M.S. Nelson," 33,950 tons, is the flagship of Britain's Home Fleet, according to the last Navy List issued. She was laid down with her sis

"T MjH 1 -fc. V X CONTRASTING STRANGELY WITH ITS FARMYARD SETTING A BRITISH HEAVY GUN IN POSITION ON THE FRONT, AND UNDERGOING ITS MORNING OVERHAUL. ANOTHER NEWCOMER IS THE WOMAN SWEEPING, WHO IS A POLISH REFUGEE. (Specially Drawn by Captain Bryan de Grincau.) j