I1- Printed in England by The Illustrated London News and Sketch, Ltd., Milford Lane, London, W.C.2, and Published Weekly at the Office, 32-34, St. Bride Street, London, E.C.4. Wednesday, November 22, 1939.

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.)

ROYAL AIR FORCE DECORATIONS AWARDED TO OFFICERS AND WARRANT OFFICERS THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS AND THE AIR FORCE CROSS. I. DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS, OBVERSE. 2. DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS, REVERSE. 3. AIR FORCE CROSS, REVERSE. 4. AIR FORCE CROSS, OBVERSE. The Royal Air For

A GERMAN POCKET BATTLESHIP OPERATING AS A COMMERCE RAIDER ELEVEN-INCH GUNS IN THE DEUTSCHLAND," WHICH SEIZED THE AMERICAN STEAMSHIP "CITY OF FLINT," AND SANK THE S.S. STONEGATE AND A NORWEGIAN STEAMER. Photograph by Charles K. Brotm.)

NOW IN SAFE KEEPING IN SPECIAL DETENTION CENTRES-- PART OF A U-BOAT CREW LINED UP ON BEING LANDED ON THE ENGLISH COAST. (Topical.) The number of prisoners captured from U-boat and aeroplane and now lodged in England is constantly on the increase an increase which goes on in a qui

MOST FAMOUS OF GERMANY'S RADIO HEROES: KAPITANLEUTNANT PRIEN AND HIS CREW, CLAIMED AS THE SINKERS OF THE "ROYAL OAK" IN SCAPA FLOW WITH HITLER, AND (LEFT, BELOW) WITH CAPTAIN SIEMENS, HEAD OF THE U-BOAT SERVICE AND KAPITANLEUTNANT PRIEN BESIEGED FOR AUTOGRAPHS. Whether Kapitanleu

THE KING CONFERS THE FIRST R.A.F. DECORATIONS-- THE FOUR OFFICERS WEARING D.F.C.s, AND THE SERGEANT WEARING THE DFM (P.N. A.) j The first R.A.F. decorations of the war were conferred on November 2, when j the King invested four officers with the Distinguished Flying Cross, and on

THE FORMER CZECHOSLOVAKS BREN LIGHT MACHINE-GUN, NOW MANUFACTURED IN ENGLAND AND IN ACTIVE USE BY THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. I I. FLASH-ABSORBER. 2. FORE-SIGHT. 3. GAS BLOCK. 4. GAS REGULATOR. 5. GAS VENT. 6. BARREL 7. RIFLED BORE. 8. FOULING SHIELD. Q. GAS CYLINDER. IO. BI

WITH THE BRITISH IN FRANCE HEAVY GUNS UNDER CAMOUFLAGE ADAPTED TO DIFFERENT SU! GROUNDINGS AND (CENTRE) INFANTRY MOVING UP IN THE RAIN TO THE MUSIC OF THE PIPES. (British Official Photos.) Koyal Artillery has moved a long way since 1918. The arts learnt in the last war, flash-spo

THE ANSWER OF THE LOW COUNTRIES TO THE THREAT OF INVASION WHICH THE GERMAN COMMAND MIGHT UNDERTAKE TO ACQUIRE AIR BASES FOR ATTACK ON ENGLAND A PICTORIAL MAP SHOWING THE MAIN DEFENSIVE WATER LINES AND INUNDATION ZONES IN HOLLAND AND NORTH BELGIUM. Pictorial map specially drawn fo