B.B.C's naval observers whose voice is known to listeners all over the world, has recorded his impressions of "The Navy at War" (Faber Faber Ld. London. 8/6), and for anyone who wishes to understand something of the functions of the Navy, this well written and well illustrated book is invaluable—a popular encyclopsedia of naval knowledge. The author devotes a chapter io each of the main aspects of his subject and explains, usually by taking some actual episode, how the men carry out their tasks and how these tasks fit into the general scheme of naval warfare. He tells of the breaking of the secret of the magnetic mine at Shoeburyness by Lieut-Commander J. G. Ouvry and his four ure Th: warm wel-
He tells of the escape Tallin of the Polish submarine Orzel—badly provisioned, lacking proper charts, battered by depth charges; yet before she crept across the North Sea she spent twenty-two days in seeking out the enemy to destroy him.
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