With the Serbs in Macedonia

THE SERBIANS 235
The leaders are all good men. Field-Marshal
Mishitch is as brilliant a tactician as any in
Europe. The British have recognized his
services with the Grand Cross of St. Michael
and St. — George of which he is extremely proud.
He is of peasant origin and learned French
during the War so as to be able to communicate
with the Allies without the aid of an interpreter.
He was one of the heroes of Rudnik (1914),
was chiefly responsible for the fall of Monastir,
and had a great deal to do with the organization
of the final offensive.
General Vassitch is another first-class soldier,
who knows his job from A to Z. He speaks
English, and 706 M.T. Company still remembers
a delightful speech of his in which he wished
"
them ''
Happy Christmas Days !
General Stepanovitch is also an excellent
tactician, with a soul above martial trappings.
He likes to spend his days in a very undress
uniform, and his taciturnity has given rise to
the saying that he speaks twenty words a day —
whether he has anything to say or not.
After the generals come a crowd of keen,
efficient soldiers whom it is impossible to name
in these pages. The Serbian Army has made
itself a most efficient war machine, and every-
body not up to his job has been ruthlessly
scrapped.