Third Army (Serbia)

The Serbian Third Army (Serbian: :Српска Трећа Армија / Srpska Treća Armija) was a Serbian field army that fought during World War I.

History

First Balkan War

During the First Balkan War, the Third Army participated in the Battle of Kumanovo (23 - October 24, 1912) along with the Serbian First Army and the Serbian Second Army. It was composed of four infantry divisions and one infantry brigade (76,000 men), deployed in two groups, the first one at Toplica and the second one at Medveđa. It was assigned to the westernmost attack, with the task of taking Kosovo and then moving south to attack the left flank of the Ottoman Army.

Organization

First Balkan War

Divisions and brigades Regiments and batteries
Gen. Božidar Janković[1]
Šumadija Division I line:
Col. Đorđe Mihailović
  • X infantry regiment (I line)
  • XI infantry regiment (I line)
  • XII infantry regiment (I line) - Lt. Col. 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) - Lt. Col. 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:
Lt. Col. Stevan Milovanović
  • I supernumerary infantry regiment (I line) - Lt. Col. 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. Marjanović
  • Medveđa
  • Kuršumlija
  • Lukovo
  • Kolašin

1914

Divisions and brigades Regiments, battalions, detachments and batteries
I Drina Infantry Division
II Drina Infantry Division
Detachments guarding Drina river:
  • Obrenovac detachment
    • 6 infantry battalions
    • 1 cavalry troop
    • 2 artillery batteries
  • Šabac detachment
    • 8 infantry battalions
    • 1 cavalry troop
    • 2 artillery batteries
  • Loznica and Lesnica detachments
    • 6 infantry battalions
    • 1 cavalry troop
    • 3 artillery batteries
  • Ljubovija detachment
    • 2 infantry battalions III
    • 1 artillery battery
  • Debelo Brdo detachment
    • 1 infantry battalion III
  • Jadar Chetnik detachment - 500 chetniks
  • Rudnik Chetnik detachment - 500 chetniks

References and notes

  1. ↑ "The Greatest Serbian Commanders". Serbian History 101. Archived from the original on 06-04-2011. Retrieved 4 June 2011. Check date values in: |archivedate= (help)