<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Lapho kugqashuka iMpi Yezwe I, uMacek wayeyisikhulu esiqaphile. Ngakho-ke, wabuthelwa e-25th Peoples Regiment ye-Austro-Hungarian Army njengomkhuzi wenkampani yesi-3 ngoJulayi 27, 1914. UMaček wabamba iqhaza eMkhankasweni waseSerbia futhi walimala eMpini yaseKolubara  <response>: ngesikhathi bewela umfula iKolubara ngoNovemba. Ngemva kokubuya esibhedlela eNovi Sad waya eZagreb ngaphambi kukaKhisimusi, wanikezwa indondo yesibindi futhi wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba nguthishanhloko. Ngenxa ye-astigmatism yakhe, kwathiwa akakulungele ukukhonza enkundleni yempi, futhi wamiswa njengomkhuzi wenkampani yonjiniyela, eyakhiwa amaPoland nama-Ukraine. Inkampani yakhe yalungiselela ukuvikela iBudapest, futhi kamuva itheku lase-Austrian-Hungary ePula, lapho akhonza khona kwaze kwaba sekwindla ka-1916. Kusukela ngomhlaka 15 Okthoba 1916 kuze kube ngumhlaka 15 Mashi 1917 wakhonza emabuthweni okuhlala e-Albania. 