18 FEBRUARY 1944, page 9

Monte Cassino

By L. G. WICKHAM LEGG T HE great convent of Monte Cassino, swept by the surge of war, will soon cease, if it has not already ceased, to exist. The fact irresistibly recalls a......

War-time Grace

THE throng who brake, on that hill-head, The herd-boy's loaves of barley-bread And small Lake-fishes, knew that they Were fed in no accustomed way. Nor now are we! Here let us......

University Sailors

By D. G. DODDS The predominance of smaller ships has caused a sharp rise in the proportion of officers to ratings, a rise which is likely to continue. In the junior ranks......