With the Serbs in Macedonia

144 WITH THE SERBS IN MACEDONIA
Once more one saw that look of proud joy and
satisfaction on the faces of the Serbs> The
price didn't matter, though the price was awful.
''
Dobro ! Dobro !
''
said the wounded, meaning
that I2I2 and 1378 were taken and the fall of
Monastir must follow as a matter of course.
Everybody up at the front was waiting for it in
a gleeful, excited suspense. And, sure enough,
on the night of the i8th there was the glow of
a big fire in the sky and the noise of several
big explosions.
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''
Dobro, Dobro !
said the
wounded, still coming down. The Bulgars were
Monastir !
evacuating
Next morning our expectations were realized.
During the night of the 18th the Vardar
Division reached Vaanovtsi and the Morava
Division Orahovo, and at daybreak on the
19th the Danube Division took Makovo.
Monastir was now completely outflanked on
the east, and its line of retreat, the road to
Prilep, was seriously threatened. At half-past
eight in the morning of the 19th November, a
regiment of French cavalry, sent out to reconnoitre,
discovered that it had been evacuated
by the enemy during the night, and entered
the city, followed by a column of French and
Russian infantry just as the last of the enemy's
guns limbered up and drove away.
The Serbs went on fighting among the hills.