Voluntari sarbi pe Frontul romanesc din toamna anului 1916 / Serbian Volunteers on the Romanian Front in the Autumn of 1916

Abstract

e study tells about the participation of Serbian volunteers from the volunteer Division I in bloody battles in the autumn of 1916, in Dobrogea. Together with the Romanian army and Russian military corps Serbian volunteers(nearly 20,000 soldiers), most of them from Banat, showed an exceptional spirit of sacrifice for the fulfilment ofthe national ideal and scored unmatched pages of military glory in the common struggle for unity and building of new national states. In order to fulfill this ideal, Serbian volunteers have made massive human sacrifice, offering young lives of over 8,500 soldiers and staff on the altar of the homeland. eir memory is honoured withreverence by the impressive Monument from Medgidia, founded in 1926 by the gesture of gratitude from both their Royal Majesties Ferdinand of Romania and Alexander of Yugoslavia.Present study brings details about the campaign, sacrifice and high decoration, of over 900 volunteers and heroes, based on information stored in the archives in Bucharest and Belgrade.