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Vellersexel, in \Vhich he distinguished himself notably. 

 During the war Prince Peter was able to supplement 

 his theoretical military training by practical ex- 

 perience, and _at the close he was anxious to turn 

 his military ability to the account of his own people. 

 The Obrenovitch dynasty reigned at Belgrade, and 

 it was therefore not possible to assist the Servians 

 of Servia ; but there were the Servians of Bosnia 

 in order to supplement that already begun in Herze- 

 govina. He organised the first insurrectionary troops 

 at Doiibitza. on the Onna, at his own expense, and 



of Montenegro. He then settled at Cettigne, and re- 

 mained there even after the death of his wife, until 

 1894, when the education of his three children de- 

 cided him to choose a place of residence more suit- 

 able, and in that year he settled in Geneva. His 

 three children were all born in Montenegro. They 

 are the Princess Helena, born in 1884, the Crown 

 Prince George, bom in 1887, and the Prince Alex- 

 ander, born in 1888. The two Princes passed 

 through several classes in the college at Geneva 

 before proceeding to the Alexandrowski school for 



Alexander I. 'King Peter's Father. 



raised the standard of re\-olt 'm Bosnia. Despiie 

 the enmity between the dynasties. Prince Peter wrote 

 at this time to King Milan and offered to work in 

 common with him. Milan's reply was such as to do 

 much harm to the Servian cause in the two pro- 

 vinces ; and when Montenegro and Servia declared 

 war on Turkey, Prince Peter withdrew in order not 

 to lend weight to any accusation of seeking to pro- 

 mote the claims of his dynasty. After this time the 

 Prince lived in Paris and Vienna till his marriage in 

 1883 with the Princess Zorka. daughter of the Prince 



King Peter's IVlother in National Dress, — ' 



vddets in St. Petersburg. King Peter personally 

 superintends their education, and they number 

 amongst their instructors the leading professors in 

 Servia. Nothing is left undone to make them worthy 

 of the dignity of ruler of the Servian f>eople, and 

 there is no doubt but that they have seriously taken 

 to heart the wise counsel and example of their father 

 the King. 



Although living in Geneva for the years before 

 his accession. King Peter was in close touch with 

 Servia and the leading Servians. The regime of the 



