With the Serbs in Macedonia

66 WITH THE SERBS IN MACEDONIA
ful that we got out of the soup without being
scalded.
We slept from three to six on our vans by the
side of the road, on ground taken from the
enemy only the day before. In the morning
we had nothing to eat, but contrived to cadge
half a dozen loaves from the Serbs (short
themselves), which we divided among the men.
The officers invited us to breakfast, and we felt
quite guilty as we sneaked off after sharing out
the bread. But '*
breakfast " turned out to be a
tiny cup of coffee and a cigarette ! Then they
loaded us up with wounded, and some Bulgarian
prisoners they were anxious to get rid of ; and
we started once more for camp, on the right
road this time.
But our troubles were by no means over. We
had been two nights on the road, instead of one,
and had covered much more country than we
had expected. The result was that, although
each van had a spare can, petrol began to
give out.
Another thing that Henry is rather annoying
about is his petrol supply. On really steep hills,
such as we had to negotiate out there, nothing
but a nearly full tank will take one to the top.
It is possible, of course, to get up on reverse in
one has room to
such circumstances, providing
turn round. But that is hardly a practicable