Order of battle of the Serbian Army in the First Balkan War

The order of battle of the Serbian Army in the First Balkan War is a list of the Serbian units that fought the major campaigns against the Ottoman army from October 1912 to May 1913.[1]

Apart from the infantry divisions of the Serbian army, one Bulgarian infantry division was also part of it.[2]

Field uniforms of the Serbian Army during the Balkan Wars

Order of battle

First Army

Under the command of Crown Prince Alexander Karađorđević.

Chief of Staff: Colonel Petar Bojović.

Divisions	Regiments and batteries
Cavalry division: Prince Arsen Karađorđević	I cavalry regiment Miloš Obilić - Maj Antonije Antić II cavalry regiment Car Dušan - Maj Vojin Čolak-Antić III cavalry regiment - Maj Petar Savatić IV cavalry regiment Konstantin Konstantinović cavalry artillery division ^A - Maj Berislav Todorović
Morava division I line: Col Ilija Gojković	I infantry regiment ( I line) Miloš Veliki - LtCol Dušan Tufegdžić II infantry regiment ( I line) Knjaz Mihailo (since Battle of Monastir nicknamed "The Iron Regiment" - LtCol Vlada Ristić III infantry regiment ( I line) - LtCol Ivan Pavlović XVI infantry regiment ( I line) Car Nikolaj II - LtCol Jovan Viktorović Morava field artillery regiment ( minus 9th battery attached to Morava brigade I line ) - LtCol Ljubomir Pokorni 1.st mountain battery ( detached from mountain artillery division ) Morava divisional cavalry regiment - Maj Velimir Vemić
Drina division I line: Col Pavle Jurišić Šturm	IV infantry regiment ( I line) Stevan Nemanja - LtCol Dimitrije I. Dragutinović V infantry regiment ( I line) Kralj Milan - LtCol Jovan Vasić VI infantry regiment ( I line) Prestolonaslednik Aleksandar - LtCol Đuro Dokić XVII infantry regiment ( I line) - LtCol Miladin Masalović Drina field artillery regiment ( 9 batteries ) - LtCol Božidar Srećković Drina divisional cavalry regiment - Maj Mladen Lukićević
Danube division I line: Col Miloš Božanović	VII infantry regiment ( I line) Kralj Petar I - LtCol A.Glišić VIII infantry regiment ( I line) Princ Aleksandar IX infantry regiment ( I line) Kralj Nikola I - LtCol Panta Grujić XVIII infantry regiment ( I line) Princ Đorđe - LtCol Mihailo Zisić Danube field artillery regiment ( 9 batteries ) - LtCol Svetozar Matić Danube divisional cavalry regiment - Maj Nikola Colović
Danube division II line Col Mihailo Rašić	VII infantry regiment ( II line) VIII infantry regiment ( II line) IX infantry regiment ( II line) IV supernumerary infantry regiment ( I line) - LtCol Radomir Aranđelović Danube field artillery division ( 3 batteries ) Danube divisional cavalry division ^A
Timok division II line Col Dragutin Milutinović	XIII infantry regiment ( II line) - LtCol Sava Dimitrijević XIV infantry regiment ( II line) XV infantry regiment ( II line) Timok field artillery division ( 3 batteries ) - LtCol Obrad Jovanović Timok divisional cavalry division
Army artillery	1st howitzer battery 6th mortar battery 1st, 2nd & 3rd heavy batteries 120mm

Second Army

Commander: General Stepa Stepanović

Divisions	Regiments and batteries
Timok Division I line Col Vladimir Kondić	XIII infantry regiment ( I line) Hajduk Veljko - LtCol Miloš Stanković XIV infantry regiment ( I line) - LtCol Kosta Knežević XV infantry regiment ( I line) Stevan Sinđelić XX infantry regiment ( I line) - LtCol Jovan Ugrinović Timok field artillery regiment ( 9 batteries ) Timok divisional cavalry regiment - Maj Petar Živković
VII ( Rila ) division ( Bulgarian ) MG Todorov	I brigade II brigade III brigade
Army Artillery	1st division of mountain artillery regiment ( minus 1st battery attached to Morava division 1 line) 2nd howitzer battery

Third Army

Commander: General Božidar Janković

Divisions and brigades	Regiments and batteries
Šumadija Division I line: Col Đorđe Mihailović	X infantry regiment ( I line) XI infantry regiment ( I line) XII infantry regiment ( I line) - LtCol Milivoje Stojanović XIX infantry regiment ( I line) Šumadija field artillery regiment ( 9 batteries ) Šumadija divisional cavalry division
Morava Division II line: Col Milovan Nedić	I infantry regiment ( II line) II infantry regiment ( II line) - LtCol Dušan Vasić III infantry regiment ( II line) Morava field artillery division ( 3 batteries ) Morava divisional cavalry division
Drina division II line: Col Pavle Paunović	V infantry regiment ( II line) VI infantry regiment ( II line) Drina field artillery division ( minus 3rd battery attached to Javor brigade ) Drina divisional cavalry division
Morava brigade I line: LtCol Stevan Milovanović	I supernumerary infantry regiment ( I line) - LtCol Živojin Bacić II supernumerary infantry regiment ( I line) 9th battery ( detached from Morava field artillery regiment ) cavalry division
Army cavalry:	two squadrons of cavalry
Army artillery:	2nd mountain artillery division 3rd mountain artillery division 3rd howitzer battery 4th howitzer battery 4th heavy battery 120 mm
Chetnik detachments Maj. Alimpije Marjanovic	Medveđa Kuršumlija Lukovo Kolašin

Army of Ibar

Commander: General Mihailo Živković

Divisions	Regiments and batteries
Šumadija division II line Col Mihailo Janković	X infantry regiment ( II line ) XI infantry regimant ( II line ) XII infantry regimant ( II line ) Šumadija field artillery division Šumadija divisional cavalry division
Other units	V supernumerary infantry regiment 1st mountain artillery division ( II line ) 5th howitzer battery 5th heavy battery 120 mm

Javor brigade

Commander: Colonel Milivoje Anđelković

• III supernumerary infantry regiment ( I line )
• IV infantry regiment ( II line) - LtCol Vilotije Marković
• 3rd battery ( detached from Drina divisional artillery division )
• 4th mountain battery ( II line )
• 1st Užice position battery
• 6th heavy battery 120 mm
• cavalry squadron

See also

• First Balkan war
• Kingdom of Serbia

Notes

A.^ In the Royal Serbian Army, artillery and cavalry divisions (divizion) were units of battalion size not to be confused with the higher level of divisions (divizija) which had geographic names; The Serbian Army was divided into five divisional area: Morava, Drina, Danube, Shumadia and Timok. Each of them was made of three regional regimental commands with four battalion districts each. Each divisional area provided one first-call division, one second-call division, one or two cavalry squadrons and 6 station batteries.[3]

References

1. Andre Gerolymatos (5 August 2008). The Balkan Wars. Basic Books. pp. 275–. ISBN 978-0-7867-2457-4.
2. Béla K. Király; Gunther E. Rothenberg (1987). War and Society in East Central Europe: East Central European Society and the Balkan Wars. Brooklyn College Press. ISBN 978-0-88033-099-2.
3. "Serbia's wars of liberation and unification from 1912-1918" by Aleksandar Stojićević, p. 26

Literature

• Belgrade (Serbia) Istoriski institut Jugoslovenske narodne armije (1975). The First Balkan War, 1912-1913: Serbian Army Operations (in Serbian).
• Savo Skoko; Petar Opačić (1974). Vojvoda Stepa Stepanović in the wars of Serbia: 1876-1918 (in Serbian). Beogradski izdavačko-grafički zavod.
• Borislav Ratkovic. Mobilization of the Serbian Army for the First Balkan War, October 1912. Kiraly and Djordjevic, East Central Europe.