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[Illustration: SERBIAN WOMEN IN THE FIELD WITH THEIR MEN: PEASANTS
BRINGING A WOUNDED SOLDIER TO THE DRESSING-TENT.]

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rear. No. 3 shows Serbian villagers placing wreaths on the graves of
fallen countrymen. Photograph No. 4 lets us realise something of the
heroic part the women villagers took in helping to achieve the triumph. As
the battle took shape they came forward and cheered the men-folk on,
calling out "Napréd, braco, Napréd," "Forward, brothers, forward," also
helping (as our photograph shows) to push the cannon and ease the worn-out
horses. Yet another instance of the work the Serbian women did is shown in
our page photograph. Owing to the lack of Red Cross men attendants, the
peasant women took on themselves to serve as stretcher-bearers, bringing
in the wounded, as these fell in fight, to the dressing-tents in the
villages and the churches, which were used as hospitals.--[_Photos. by
Topical._]




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