He participated in the Balkan Wars of 1912–1913 as a major (promoted just before the war's outbreak, on 16 September 1912). During the First Balkan War, he commanded the 3rd Battalion of the 15th Infantry Regiment on the Epirus front. He captured Preveza and fought in the Battle of Bizani. In the Second Balkan War, he fought in the area of Nevrokopi, being wounded during the Battle of Predel Han on 17 July 1913.
