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.
Apart from the infantry divisions of the Serbian army, one Bulgarian infantry division was also part of it.
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 1st Cavalry Regiment Miloš Obilić - Maj Antonije Antić 2nd Cavalry Regiment Car Dušan - Maj Vojin Čolak-Antić 3rd Cavalry Regiment - Maj Petar Savatić 4th Cavalry Regiment Konstantin Konstantinović cavalry artillery division - Maj Berislav Todorović Morava division I line: Col Ilija Gojković 1st Infantry Regiment (I line) Miloš Veliki - LtCol Dušan Tufegdžić 2nd Infantry Regiment (I line) Knjaz Mihailo (since Battle of Monastir nicknamed "The Iron Regiment" - LtCol Vlada Ristić 3rd Infantry Regiment (I line) - LtCol Ivan Pavlović 16th 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 1st Mountain Battery ( detached from mountain artillery division ) Morava divisional cavalry regiment - Maj Velimir VemićDrina division I line: Col Pavle Jurišić Šturm 4th Infantry Regiment (I line) Stevan Nemanja - LtCol Dimitrije I. Dragutinović 5th Infantry Regiment (I line) Kralj Milan - LtCol Jovan Vasić 6th Infantry Regiment (I line) Prestolonaslednik Aleksandar - LtCol Đuro Dokić 17th 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 7th Infantry Regiment (I line) Kralj Petar I - LtCol A.Glišić 8th Infantry Regiment (I line) Princ Aleksandar 9th Infantry Regiment (I line) Kralj Nikola I - LtCol Panta Grujić 18th 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 7th Infantry Regiment (II line) 8th Infantry Regiment (II line) 9th Infantry Regiment (II line) 4th Supernumerary Infantry Regiment (I line) - LtCol Radomir Aranđelović Danube field artillery division (3 batteries) Danube divisional cavalry division Timok division II line Col Dragutin Milutinović 13th Infantry Regiment (II line) - LtCol Sava Dimitrijević 14th Infantry Regiment (II line) 15th 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 13th Infantry Regiment (I line) Hajduk Veljko - LtCol Miloš Stanković 14th Infantry Regiment (I line) - LtCol Kosta Knežević 15th Infantry Regiment (I line) Stevan Sinđelić 20th 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 10th Infantry Regiment (I line) 11th Infantry Regiment (I line) 12th Infantry Regiment (I line) - LtCol Milivoje Stojanović 19th Infantry Regiment (I line) Šumadija field artillery regiment ( 9 batteries ) Šumadija divisional cavalry division Morava Division II line: Col Milovan Nedić 1st Infantry Regiment (II line) 2nd Infantry Regiment (II line) - LtCol Dušan Vasić 3rd Infantry Regiment (II line) Morava field artillery division ( 3 batteries ) Morava divisional cavalry division Drina division II line: Col Pavle Paunović 5th Infantry Regiment (II line) 6th 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 1st Supernumerary Infantry Regiment (I line) - LtCol Živojin Bacić 2nd Supernumerary Infantry Regiment (I line) 9th battery (detached from Morava field artillery regiment) cavalry divisionArmy 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 detachmentsMaj. Alimpije MarjanovicMedveđa Kuršumlija Lukovo Kolašin
Army of Ibar
Commander: General Mihailo Živković
Divisions Regiments and batteriesŠumadija division II line Col Mihailo Janković 10th Infantry Regiment (II line) 11th Infantry Regimant (II line) 12th Infantry Regimant (II line) Šumadija field artillery division Šumadija divisional cavalry division Other units 5th Supernumerary Infantry Regiment 1st mountain artillery division ( II line ) 5th howitzer battery 5th heavy battery 120 mm
Javor brigade
Commander: Colonel Milivoje Anđelković
3rd Supernumerary Infantry Regiment ( I line ) 4th 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 Order of battle of the Serbian Army (1876–1878) Structure of the Serbian Army during World War I
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 3 regional regimental commands with 4 battalion districts each. Each divisional area provided one first-call division, one second-call division, one or two cavalry squadrons and 6 station batteries."Serbia's wars of liberation and unification from 1912-1918" by Aleksandar Stojićević, p. 26
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