First Battle of Orsova

First Battle of Orsova
Part of the Romanian Campaign of World War I
Date1–4 October 1916
Location
Orsova, Banat, Austria-Hungary (today in Romania)
Result Romanian victory
Belligerents
 Romania  Austria-Hungary
 Germany
Commanders and leaders
Ioan Culcer
Ion Dragalina		 Arthur Arz von Straussenburg
Alexander Ritter Szívó de Bunya
Units involved

1st Army

  • 1st Infantry Division

Austria-Hungary:
1st Army

  • 145th Infantry Brigade

Germany:
9th Army

Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

The First Battle of Orsova was a World War I military engagement between Austro-Hungarian and German forces on one side and Romanian forces on the other side. The Central Powers failed to advance, the battle thus resulting in a Romanian victory.

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