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186 BULGARIA ATTACKS HER ALLIES [cii. xii.
me and, much disconcerted but more sincere in his
manner, informed me that on Sunday night, a collision
had actually taken place between a section of the
Bulgarian and Serbian troops, but that no one knew
for certain what had caused this regrettable incident;
unfortunately, the collision had spread along the
whole front, and at this very moment the
Government was dispatching peremptory orders to General
Savov to stop the firing at once, and to take the troops
back to their former positions, without worrying as to
whether the initiative of the shots fired came from the
Bulgarians or the Serbians. Of course, I could not but
approve of this measure. But the orders of the
Bulgarian Government could no longer stop the
bloodshed. Military operations spread still further, and two
or three days later no one any longer thought of
stopping them.
Meanwhile, I received information from Belgrade
that the Serbians, having taken a whole Bulgarian
regiment prisoner, had found, amongst the regimental
papers, the order to attack the Serbian outposts during
the night of Sunday, 16th (29th) June, to Monday, 17th
(30th) June, to destroy them, and to advance on such
and such positions. The order was quite authentic,
and there could be no doubt whatever about it! During
the first three days of the hostilities thus begun, the
rumour was circulated in Sofia that in Salonika the
Greeks had, in the night, suddenly attacked the
Bulgarian brigade and had massacred it. When the
document which the Serbians had captured from
the Bulgarians was made public, and recognised as
authentic, no one any longer believed in the " St.
Bartholomew" of Salonika. It was afterwards
conclusively proved that there, also, the initiative of
hostilities came from the Bulgarians.
A few days after I learnt from reliable sources how
all this had occurred.
On Saturday morning, I had not been the only one
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