Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Kafin yakin Balkan na farko na 1912, ya yi aiki a matsayin editan zane-zane a littafin Turai na New York Herald na Amurka, wanda ke zaune a Paris.Ya ɗauki hutu daga aikinsa don komawa Serbia kuma ya rubuta yakin Balkan na farko.A lokacin yakin duniya na, ya rubuta yakin Cer, Kolubara
, da sauransu, sannan babban koma bayan sojojin Serbia ta hanyar Albania. A shekara ta 1915, Babban Kwamandan ya aike shi zuwa Faransa, inda ya wallafa hotunan filin daga.