From the Austrian army with the rank of lieutenant, he joined the Serbian Army in 1862. He distinguished himself in the First Serbian-Ottoman War (1876-1877), in which he commanded as a lieutenant colonel of the Knjaževac army. He was promoted to colonel and took command of the 4th Corps, whose part in the battle of Battle of Šumatovac attacked the right flank of the Turkish army and contributed to the victory of the Serbian army.
In the Second Serbian-Turkish War 1877-1878, he commanded the corps of Timok, with which on 24 December 1877 took Bela Palanka. Four days later in conjunction with the Šumadija corps, he took Pirot as well.
From 1881-85 he was a deputy in St. Petersburg, then commander of the active Army and its Minister (1886-1887).[1][2]
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Đura, horvatović, Đorđe, Đura, horvatović, serbian, cyrillic, Ђорђе, Ђура, Хорватовић, january, 1835, february, 1895, serbian, general, military, minister, general, artwork, stevan, todorovićborn17, january, 1835nova, gradiška, slavonia, austriadied28, februar. Đorđe Đura Horvatovic Serbian Cyrillic Ђorђe Ђura Horvatoviћ 17 January 1835 28 February 1895 was a Serbian general and military minister Đura HorvatovicGeneral Đura Horvatovic artwork by Stevan TodorovicBorn17 January 1835Nova Gradiska Slavonia AustriaDied28 February 1895Belgrade SerbiaAllegiancePrincipality of Serbia Kingdom of SerbiaRankGeneralBattles warsSerbo Turkish wars From the Austrian army with the rank of lieutenant he joined the Serbian Army in 1862 He distinguished himself in the First Serbian Ottoman War 1876 1877 in which he commanded as a lieutenant colonel of the Knjazevac army He was promoted to colonel and took command of the 4th Corps whose part in the battle of Battle of Sumatovac attacked the right flank of the Turkish army and contributed to the victory of the Serbian army In the Second Serbian Turkish War 1877 1878 he commanded the corps of Timok with which on 24 December 1877 took Bela Palanka Four days later in conjunction with the Sumadija corps he took Pirot as well From 1881 85 he was a deputy in St Petersburg then commander of the active Army and its Minister 1886 1887 1 2 See also editMihailo Ilic Ranko Alimpic Milojko Lesjanin Mikhail Chernyayev Nicifor Ducic Frantisek Zach Kosta Protic Sava Grujic Jovan Ristic Jovan BelimarkovicReferences edit see Horvatovic Đura in Vojni leksikon Vojnoizdavacki zavod Beograd 1981 p 880 see Horvatovic Đura in Enciklopedija Jugoslavije vol 4th Jugoslavenski leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleza Zagreb 1986 p 738 Government offices Preceded byDragutin Filipovic Minister of Defence1886 1887 Succeeded byPetar Topalovic nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Đura Horvatovic Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Đura Horvatovic amp oldid 1016713931, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
