 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Putnik akavandudzwa zvichitevera kudengenyeka kwenyika kurwisa Alexander I Obrenović muna 1903. Pasi pamambo mutsva weSerbia, Peter I Karadjordjević, akasimudzirwa pachinzvimbo chegeneral uye akagadzwa seMukuru weGeneral Staff. Akabva atanga kurongazve uto reSerbia nekurega basa uye kusimudzira vakuru vakuru vatsva, uye kugadzirisa zvirongwa zvehondo zvechinyakare. Putnik akanga ari Gurukota reHondo reSerbia katatu: 1904, 1906-1908, 1912. Putnik akagadza General Živojin Mišić semutevedzeri wake. Pasinei nokusawirirana kwavaiita pane dzimwe nguva, varume vaviri ava vairemekedzana zvikuru. Putnik akanga ari mukuru mukuru wokutanga kugadzwa kuti ave nechinzvimbo chepamusoro-soro cheFeld Marshal. Muna 1912, akatungamira Mauto eSerbia mukukunda kunoshamisa muHondo yekutanga yeBalkan kurwisa maOttomans Hondo yeKumanovo, Gumiguru 1912, Hondo yeMonastir, Mbudzi 1912 uye Hondo yechipiri yeBalkan kurwisa Bulgaria Hondo yeBregalnica1913. Field-Marshal Putnik, achitarisira kurwiswa neBulgaria, akanga aendesa mauto ake kunzvimbo dzinokosha zvikuru pedyo nerwizi Bregalnica Bregalnitza, izvo zvaikosha kuti vakunde nokukurumidza pashure pokunge varwiswa neBulgaria kamwe kamwe, vasina kuziviswa. 