Đorđe "Đura" Horvatović ( sr-Cyrl, Ђорђе "Ђура" Хорватовић; 17 January 1835 – ) was a Serbian general and military minister.
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
Knjaževac ( sr-cyr, Књажевац, ) is a town and municipality located in the Zaječar District of the Southern and Eastern Serbia, eastern Serbia. As of 2022, the municipality has a population of 25,341 inhabitants, while the town has 16,350 ...
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
Bela Palanka (Serbian Cyrillic: Бела Паланка, ) is a town and municipality located in the Pirot District of southeastern Serbia. According to the 2022 census, the population of the town is 7,140, and the population of the municipality i ...
. 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).
[see »Horvatović Đura« in: ''Enciklopedija Jugoslavije'', vol. 4th, Jugoslavenski leksikografski zavod »Miroslav Krleža«, Zagreb 1986, p. 738]
See also
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Mihailo Ilić
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Ranko Alimpić
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Milojko Lešjanin
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Mikhail Chernyayev
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Nićifor Dučić
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František Zach
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Kosta Protić
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Sava Grujić
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Jovan Ristić
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Jovan Belimarković
References
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1835 births
1895 deaths
People from Nova Gradiška
Serbian generals
Serbs of Croatia
Serbian–Turkish Wars (1876–1878)
People from the Principality of Serbia
Immigrants to the Principality of Serbia
Defence ministers of Serbia