Stanislav Binički, was a Serbian composer, conductor, and pedagogue, he composed one of his most famous works, "March on the Drina", following the Serbian victory at which fight between Austria-Hungary and Serbia in August 1914 during the early stages of the Serbian Campaign of the First World War?
Battle of Cer
Battle of Cer
The Battle of Cer was fought between Austria-Hungary and Serbia in August 1914 during the early stages of the Serbian Campaign of the First World War.
 It took place around Cer Mountain and several surrounding villages, as well as the town of Šabac.
Stanislav Binički
Stanislav Binički (, ] ; 27 July 1872 – 15 February 1942) was a Serbian composer, conductor, and pedagogue.
 A student of German composer Josef Rheinberger, he became the first director of the Opera Sector of the National Theatre in Belgrade in 1889 and began working with the Belgrade Military Orchestra a decade later.
 He composed the first Serbian opera, "At Dawn" (Serbian: "Na uranku" ), in 1903.
 In 1911, Binički established the second Serbian Music School.
 He joined the Serbian Army following the outbreak of World War I and composed one of his most famous works, "March on the Drina", following the Serbian victory at the Battle of Cer.
 He retired as head of the Opera Sector of the National Theatre in 1920 and died in Belgrade in 1942.
 He is considered one of the leading Serbian composers of the Generation of the 1870s.
Veterans' Club Building
The Veterans' Club Building in Belgrade , at 19 Braće Jugovića Street, is a monumental building, today the Military Club of Serbia , whose basic activities are informing and education of the members of the Serbian Army and the civilian sector through numerous cultural activities such as: exhibitions, concerts, book promotions, public discussions, lectures etc.
 The premises of the Club are also used for receptions, conferences, seminars, presentations, fairs, business meetings, cocktails, balls and fashion shows.
 The construction of the Club was finished in 1931 after the design of the professor and architect Jovan Jovanović and Živojin Piperski.
 The building was built in the style of modernism with the elements of the еxpressionism.
 The lot for the construction of the Club was donated by the Administration of the City of Belgrade , as a gift to former veterans.
 The Veterans' Club was built thanks to the donations of the members of the National Defence and the subventions given by the patron king Aleksandar the Unifier .
 Apart from the military purpose, many cultural associations which cherished patriotism and good relations between the army and the people, that is, the civilians.
 The most active associations were The Association of the reserve officers and veterans, The Association of the volunteers, Sokolska matica, Adriatic guard, the League of the friends of France etc. were also placed in the Veterans' Club.
 One part of the object was intended for the accommodation of the guests from the rest of the country.
 The Club obtained the character of a hotel mostly by constructing of the additional part towards Simina Street.
 The Veterans' Club has two parts, one built between 1929 and 1932, towards Braće Jugovića Street, and the other, added in 1939 towards Simina, Francuska and Emilijana Josimovića Street.
 After the invasion and occupation of the country in April 1941 this building was used by the German occupying authority.In August 1941 Wehrmaht officers moved in and the building became the Gestapo Headquarter for the entire Balkan.
 After the war, on the Victory Day, on 9 May 1946, it was officially established as the Yugoslav Army Club.
 The first post-war commander and the head of the Club was a professor, a colonel, an academic painter and a graphic artist Branko Šotra.
 In 1984,based on the decision of the City of Belgrade Assembly , the building was designated as the cultural property.
 Since 2010 the Club has become the seat of the Меdia centre "Defence" and the Artistic ensemble "Stanislav Binički". Battle of Kolubara
The Battle of Kolubara (Serbian: Колубарска битка, "Kolubarska bitka" , German: "Schlacht an der Kolubara" ) was fought between Austria-Hungary and Serbia in November and December 1914, during the Serbian Campaign of World War I.
 It commenced on 16 November, when the Austro-Hungarians under the command of Oskar Potiorek reached the Kolubara River during their third invasion of Serbia that year, having captured the strategic town of Valjevo and forced the Serbian Army to undertake a series of retreats.
 The Serbs withdrew from Belgrade on 29–30 November, and the city soon fell under Austro-Hungarian control.
 On 2 December, the Serbian Army launched a surprise counter-attack all along the front.
 Valjevo and Užice were retaken by the Serbs on 8 December and the Austro-Hungarians retreated to Belgrade, which 5th Army commander Liborius Ritter von Frank deemed to be untenable.
 The Austro-Hungarians abandoned the city between 14 and 15 December and retreated back into Austria-Hungary, allowing the Serbs to retake their capital the following day. Stevan Hristić
Stevan Hristić (Serbian Cyrillic: Стеван Христић; 19 June 1885 – 21 August 1958) was Serbian composer, conductor, pedagogue, and music writer.
 A prominent representative of the late romanticist style in Serbian music of the first half of the 20th century. Battle of Drina
The Battle of Drina (Serbian: Битка на Дрини, Bitka na Drini ) was fought between the Serbian and Austro-Hungarian armies in September 1914, during World War I.
 The Austro-Hungarians engaged in a significant offensive over the Drina river at the western Serbian border, resulting in numerous skirmishes (the "Battle of Mačkov Kamen" and the Battle of Gučevo being the heaviest ones).
 In early October, the Serbian Army was forced to retreat, and later regrouped to fight in the subsequent Battle of Kolubara. Serbian Blue Book
The Serbian Blue Book is a collection of 52 Serbian diplomatic documents regarding events between 29 June and 6 August 1914, a period including the aftermath of the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand (the July Crisis) and the beginning of World War I, published by the Government of the Kingdom of Serbia on 18 November 1914.
 It includes correspondence between Serbian ministers and diplomats, Serbia and Russia (including royal), Austria-Hungary, and Germany.
 It was published in French translation in 1914, and English translation by the British Foreign Office in "Collected Diplomatic Documents Relating to the Outbreak of the European War", and also American Association for International Conciliation, in 1915. March on the Drina
The March to the Drina (, ] ) is a Serbian patriotic march which was composed by Stanislav Binički during World War I.
 Binički dedicated it to his favourite commander in the Serbian Army, Pukovnik Milivoje Stojanovic Brka, who had fought during the Battle of Cer, but was killed in a subsequent battle in December.
 The song experienced widespread popularity during and after the war and came to be seen by Serbs as a symbol of resistance to the Great Powers.
 Following World War II, it was popular in Socialist Yugoslavia where a single release in 1964 achieved Gold Record status.
 The march was played at the presentation ceremony for the Nobel Prize in Literature when Yugoslav writer Ivo Andrić was named a Nobel laureate in 1961. Battle of Loznica
The Battle of Loznica () or Battle of Tičar (бој на Тичару) was fought on 17–18 October 1810 between the Serbian Revolutionaries and the Ottoman Army in Loznica, western Serbia.
 Around 30,000 Ottoman troops under the command of Ali-paša Vidajić descended the Drina river with boats to the Tičar field near Loznica.
 The fortified city walls were defended by 1,200 Serb rebels led by local "vojvoda" Anta Bogićević.
 Estimating that the defence would be unable to resist, Anta sought aid from Luka Lazarević.
 Karađorđe, learning of the planned siege, sent a letter to Petar Dobrnjac urging him to send reinforcements as soon as possible.
 Around 10,000 rebels, of the Šabac and Valjevo "nahije" under the command of Luka Lazarević and Jakov Nenadović arrived in time.
 The fight began in the morning, with two hours of swordfighting, and then shootouts with artilley and rifles, ending after eight hours in a Serbian victory.
 The Serbs had 121 dead and 178 wounded, while the Ottomans are said to have had three times higher casualties.
 Cincar-Janko was wounded in the battle.
 The blind "guslar" Filip Višnjić, who was present at the battle rallying the troops, wrote an epic poem of the battle, "Boj na Loznici", recorded in the Šišatovac monastery in 1815.
 The battle was one of the most important ones in the First Serbian Uprising. Stanislav Vinaver
Stanislav Vinaver (Serbian Cyrillic: ; 1 March 1891 – 1 August 1955) was a Serbian writer, poet, translator and journalist.
 Vinaver was born to affluent Ashkenazi Jewish parents that had immigrated to Serbia from Poland in the late 19th century.
 He studied at the University of Paris, volunteered to fight in the Balkan Wars and later took part in World War I as an officer in the Royal Serbian Army.
 In 1915, he lost his father to malaria.
 He travelled to France and the United Kingdom the following year, delivering lectures about Serbia and its people.
 In 1917, he was assigned to the Serbian consulate in Petrograd, where he was to witness the Russian Revolution and its aftermath.