The road was passable. They had scarcely slept for four days, Mitrovitza
was already crammed with fugitives, and rooms were not to be found. On
the way back the motor was working badly; the mud was awful. Then the
petrol ran out. They stopped a big car which was loaded with petrol and
ammunition, and asked for some. They got a little, and as they were
going to start the big car suddenly burst into flames: some fool having
struck a match to see if the petrol was properly turned off. Great
flames roared up into the air, and it was a long time before the car
was sufficiently burnt down to pass it.
West said that it was a most marvellous picture.
A little farther on a tyre had burst, and they had been forced to come
back on the rims. They eagerly welcomed Jan's idea of the Novi Bazar
route, feeling sure that if they once got to Mitrovitza it would be long
before they got away, and very doubtful if they could get lodging there.
Again we could hear the guns in the night, and news had come in that
Krag had been occupied and that the German cavalry were making towards
Kralievo.
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