is said to have used 25000 hand grenades but a good number of these have been salved since. Things look unpleasant in Serbia, one does not know what Greece will be after the Anglo French force has landed at Salonika. I am afraid without some assistance from Greece we shall not be able to resist the German & Bulgarian advance on Serbia 12-18 October 1915 Bombing still continues in the salient & the 8th Brigade have withdrawn their line, the Germans have now gained the whole of the salient & can now observe all our trenches in the wood. Hooge is shelled a little every day but very little damage has been caused. On the 15th a German patrol taking advantage of the mist entered one of our disused trenches, but retired