Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An kama shi a Budapest lokacin da Austria-Hungary ta yi yaƙi da kasarsa, Field Marshal Putnik an ba shi izinin tafiya lafiya zuwa Serbia a cikin wani hali mai kyau da kuma yiwuwar cin nasara da kansa ta hanyar Sarkin Austro-Hungarian Franz Josef. Bayan tafiya mai wahala, Putnik ya koma Serbia kuma ya ba da murabus ga Sarki Peter I na Serbia saboda tsufa da rashin lafiya. An ƙi shi, sarki ya nace cewa Field Marshal Putnik ya ɗauki umurnin rundunar, idan kawai a cikin dabarun, yayin da matasa janar, irin su Stepa Stepanović, Živojin Mišić da Petar Bojović za su karɓi ayyukan aiki. Putnik ya yi yawancin lokacinsa a cikin ɗaki mai ɗumi sosai. Duk da haka, rashin lafiyarsa ba ta hana shi shirya kamfen ɗin da kyau ba. Serbia ta ci nasara da hare-haren sojojin Austro-Hungary a watan Agusta da Satumba na 1914 (yaƙe-yaƙe na Cer da Kolubara
), fitar da shi daga Serbia a watan Disamba na 1914.