At the start of World War I, the Third Army under the command of General Pavel Jurišić Šturm, took up positions on the northwestern border from the mouth of the Kolubara River to Ljubovia with the Drina Division of the first levy in the vicinity of Valjevo.

[1] The Third Army fought in the successful Battles of Cer, Drina and Kolubra in 1914.

But in Autumn 1915 they were defeated by German-Bulgarian forces during the Kosovo Offensive.The Third Army was reestablished at the Macedonian front in 1916 and fought several battles against the Bulgarians, until it was disbanded on 28 March 1917.

[2] Pavle Jurišić Šturm remained commander of the Third Army until August 1916, when he was replaced by Miloš Vasić.

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