With the Serbs in Macedonia

ACTIVE SERVICE 53
passing General Sarrail and the Crown Prince of
Serbia, sure portents that big things were
happening.
It began to rain—and we had only two or
three tents all told. The rest were coming on
later from the base. We had no bread— only
army biscuits— no fresh meat or vegetables,
and no time to cook them if we had them.
Nobody could have been more supremely
uncomfortable, but we rather liked it. Were
we not on Active Service ?
Quite close by, Dr. Bennett's unit of the
Scottish Women's Hospital, just up from
Salonica, was establishing itself. Seeing how
bad the weather promised to be, Dr. Bennett
took pity on us and lent us a couple of marquees,
into which we all packed for the night. Doubt-
less she has forgotten that by now, but 708 Coy.
has not.
After dinner— bully beef and biscuits was the
menu—we climbed a hill and watched the
shells bursting, and listened to the machine-gun
and rifle fire. The Serbians were victorious :
the enemy was in full retreat, and we retired
to bed elated and weary.
That feeling of general elation was another
example of the curious psychology of soldiering.
We all had it we ; were all as keen as mustard.
Some of us had been struggling for two years