 The 3rd Territorial Army was part of the 3rd Army Group which was responsible for the border with Albania between Lake Ohrid to Lake Skadar, and the Romanian and Bulgarian borders between the Iron Gates and the Greek border.After graduating from the Military Academy in Belgrade, joined the Unification or Death organization.He fought as a Chetnik in Old Serbia against the Ottoman Turks (1904-1905) under the "nom de guerre" Vojvoda Osogovski.