Đura Horvatović

Đorđe "Đura" Horvatović (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђорђе "Ђура" Хорватовић; 17 January 1835 – 28 February 1895) was a Serbian general and military minister.

Đura Horvatović
General Đura Horvatović, artwork by Stevan Todorović
Born17 January 1835
Nova Gradiška, Slavonia, Austria
Died28 February 1895
Belgrade, Serbia
AllegiancePrincipality of Serbia
Kingdom of Serbia
RankGeneral
Battles/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 Knjaževac army. He was promoted to colonel and took command of the 4th Corps, whose part in the 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 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 1886-87.[1][2]

See also

References
  1. see »Horvatović Đura« in: Vojni leksikon, Vojnoizdavački zavod, Beograd 1981, p. 880
  2. see »Horvatović Đura« in: Enciklopedija Jugoslavije, vol. 4th, Jugoslavenski leksikografski zavod »Miroslav Krleža«, Zagreb 1986, p. 738
Government offices
Preceded by
Dragutin Filipović		 Minister of Defence
1886–1887		 Succeeded by
Petar Topalović
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