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CHAPTER

IV

VRANJA

WE

have seen how the round of work the Scottish

Women were proud to do for Serbia was completed by their entry into Belgrade with the triumphant
army.
But though the circle was completed, the work
by no means came to an end when the Transport

Column was demobilised.

Scottish

Women

If

we

are

still

to follow the

must retrace
our steps from Belgrade back past the familiar-sounding
names in the north till we reach the town of Vranja in
in

their last venture, vve

Here we

the centre of Serbia.

shall find in

November

Unit from Ostrovo, now under Dr. Emslie, who

had moved from their beautiful camp by the lake there,
to take over from the Serbs the hospital at Wanja.
This was a huge building with a long frontage and
wings jutting out to the back at each end.
It was
formerly a barracks, and required much attention before
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it

could properly

hospital
it

was

fulfil

full

to

had to be done

new

requirements.

overflowing with patients

in

provision for lighting

in

the

was the only one within a radius of

the

way

and

of cleaning

for hot water

As

the

fifty miles,

much
and making
but

no

easy task

the case of such a large building.

In the delightful letter which follows, written by Mrs.

Green, Administrator to the Unit, we get a detailed
account of the move from Ostrovo to Vranja, and of the

work the Unit had to do on their immediate

arrival.