With the Serbs in Macedonia

THE DELIVERANCE 257
and see ; ask any one who knows. These people
are astounding as soldiers, astounding in either
attack or defence. They take mountains as
hypochondriacs take — pills at the gulp. But
nobody can understand, nobody can understand who has not seen.
possibly
It was the beginning of the end.
''
Thanks to
the heroic and determined attack "— I quote
from one of their official reports to show how
generously they appreciate their Allies— *'
made
by British and Greek detachments under the
command of General Milne at the Doiran sector,
where considerable Bulgarian forces were pinned
up, the Franco-Serbian Armies were enabled to
pierce the Bulgarian centre.''
Never a moment was allowed to the enemy to
rally. One thing that the Serbs know in war
above all others is how to exploit a success.
Within a week they were across the Vardar
between Gradsko and Demir Kapu, dominating
the main bridge-heads on the left bank of the
river. The bruised and bewildered Bulgar did
what he could to stem the tide. To do him
justice, he is a good fighter. But the Serbs had
no intention of being stemmed. Here was what
they had been praying for all these years — the
enemy on the run. The Serbian Independent
Cavalry Division, rejoicing that their chance
had come at last, carried on a brilliantly