Scottish Women's Hospitals will stand by the Serbian division, and will
accompany them if they go to Roumania."

At the end of the month of August the Unit, leaving Reni, rejoined the
Serb division at Hadji-Abdul, a little village midway between Reni and
Belgrade.

Dr. Inglis described it as a


"lovely place ... and we have a perfectly lovely camping-ground
among the trees. The division is hidden away wonderfully under the
trees, and at first they were very loath to let us pitch our big
tents, that could not be so thoroughly hidden; but I was quite bent
on letting them see what a nice hospital you had sent out, so I
managed to get it pitched, and they are so pleased with us. They
bring everybody--Russian Generals, Roumanian Military Attachés and
Ministers--to see it, and they are quite content because our
painted canvas looks like the roofs of ordinary houses."


"There was a constant rumour of a 'grand offensive' to be undertaken on
the Roumanian front, which Dr. Inglis, though extremely sceptical of any
offensive on a large scale, made every preparation to meet.

"The London Committee had cabled to Dr. Inglis in the month of August
advising the withdrawal of the Unit, but leaving the decision in her
hands, to which she replied: