14 JUNE 1940, page 2

No Immunity For The Navy

Whatever the German vessels concerned may have been, the fact has to be faced that a naval detachment in the North Sea encountered a superior force of Germans and must be......

First Blows At Italy

Italy's aggression against the Allies has extended the war to Africa, and it was on African soil that the first blows against her Air Force have been dealt by R.A.F. bombers of......

North Sea Losses .

At the time of going to press the mystery concerning the presumed loss of the aircraft-carrier ' Glorious,' the destroyers ' Ardent' and Acasta,' the tanker ' Oil Pioneer' and......

The Position Of Turkey

Italy's declaration of war against the Allies creates the situa- tion which requires Turkey to come to their support. It may well be that in the last fortnight the Italian......

The Withdrawal From Narvik

Bitterly disappointing as it is that the Allies should relin- quish their hold on those northern portions of Norway where the Norwegian flag was still flown, the decision to......

Fifth-column Italians

The task of rounding up potential enemy agents becomes an ever larger and more complicated one, and experience in other countries has shown that it must be performed with......