Pavlović was promoted to the rank of divisional general in 1919 for mounting a successful offensive at Krstac in 1914.
When the Serbian troops retreated through the Albanians mountains in the middle of the winter of 1915-1916, Pavlović and his detachment covered the pass through the strait of Ibar river and Montenegro and afterwards he provided shelter and food for the fatigued soldiers who survived the exhausting withdrawal to reach San Giovanni di Medua in summer 1915.
From 7 July 1903, he was named commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Infantry Regiment; from 1906-1907, he became a member of the General Staff.
After the war, he was the Chief of the History Department of the General Staff, Commander of the Kosovo Divisional Area.
The godparents at the wedding were Generals Vladimir Kondić and Dr. Mihailo Petrović[4] He published many works analyzing strategy, tactic and history in military publications, including a book: