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There were 80,000 casualties before, on the 15th, the fugitives were back in their own land across the Drina, the Danube, and the Save, leaving Belgrade once more in the hands of the heroic Serbs.
Not one dog paid any attention to the rabbit though Drina and I did our best didn't we, Drina?" "You should have seen them," murmured Eileen, leaning close to whisper to Selwyn; "the children had fits when the rabbit came hopping across the road out of the Hither Woods. But the dogs all ran madly the other way, and I thought Billy would die of mortification."
"Oh, yes," replied Selwyn; "he felt a trifle under the weather, so I sent him home." "Is it the grippe?" "N-no, I believe not " "Do you think he had better have a doctor? Where is he?" "He was here," observed Drina composedly, "and father was angry with him." "What?" exclaimed Eileen. "When?" "This morning, before father went downtown."
"Why, it's it's this way," began Selwyn, leaning back in his rocking-chair and comfortably crossing one knee over the other; "for instance, suppose " "Oh, but you must show us!" interrupted Billy. "Get down on the floor please, uncle." "I can tell it better!" protested Selwyn; "I can show you just the " "Please lie down and show us how they wriggle?" begged Drina.
"Drina child " she faltered; but Drina, immersed in reflection, smiled dreamily; "So pretty," she murmured; "I remember my Aunt Alixe " "Drina!" repeated her mother sharply, "go and find Bridget this minute!" Selwyn's hesitating hand sought his moustache; he lifted his eyes the steady gray eyes, slightly bloodshot to his sister's distressed face.
The army under Gallwitz extended from Orsova, near the Rumanian frontier, along the Danube westward to a point opposite Semendria. Here his right flank joined Kövess's line, which extended up past Belgrade, along the Save and part way up the Drina. The rest of the frontier up the Drina was covered by a smaller Austrian army. Altogether, the Austro-German armies comprised at least 300,000 men.
We stopped to pass the night at Shawnik, a village in one of the most picturesque ravines I ever saw. There runs the Bukovitza, a tributary of the Drina, a wild and bold trout stream, abounding also in grayling, the trout being unaccustomed to the fly, as they are in most of the streams hereabout.
From Losnitza, where the main column of Austrians crossed the Drina to Valievo, runs the River Jadar, along a level valley, which narrows as it nears Valievo. On the left-hand side of the Jadar Valley rise the southern slopes of the Tzer Mountains, covered with cornfields, prune orchards, with here and there a stretch of thick timber.
Besides, I haven't told him about Jessie Orchil's party " "Drina, dear, you know I can't let you. Say good-night, now if you want Mr. Lansing and your Uncle Philip to come to another party." "I'll just whisper one more confidence very fast," she said to Boots. He inclined his head; she placed both hands on his shoulders, and, kneeling on the sofa, laid her lips close to his ear.
But presently the Serbians were reenforced by two regiments of the Morava Division and two of the Drina Division, whereupon Bojovitch suddenly turned and once more possessed himself of the pass. Again and again the Bulgarians attacked, determined to take the pass, but as often as they hurled themselves up the defile, just so often the Serbians drove them back with fire and bayonet.
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