First Battle of Cobadin
First Battle of Cobadin | |||||||
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Part of the Romanian Campaign (1916) | |||||||
The Romanian river monitors at Rasova, oil on canvas by | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Bulgaria German Empire Ottoman Empire |
Romania Russian Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Stefan Toshev August von Mackensen Mustafa Hilmi Pasha |
Alexandru Averescu Andrei Zayonchkovski | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
55 battalions and 24 squadrons 4 battalions and 3 squadrons 3 battalions(initially) Total: 62 battalions and 27 squadrons[1] |
Total: 70+ battalions and 41 squadrons[1] 4 river monitors | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Bulgaria 704 killed, 4778 wounded, 611 missing German Empire unknown Ottoman Empire 36 killed, 348 wounded 62 missing Total: Over 740 killed, 5126 wounded, 673 missing[2] | unknown |
The First Battle of Cobadin, also known as the First Battle of the Rasova–Cobadin–Tuzla Line, was a battle fought from 17 to 19 of September 1916 between the Bulgarian Third Army and the Romanian–Russian Army of the Dobruja. The battle ended in Entente tactical victory and forced the Central Powers to hold their offensive and assume a defensive stance till the middle of October.
The right flank of the Allied forces was supported by the Romanian Navy's Danube Flotilla, consisting mainly of four Brătianu-class river monitors. These warships blocked with mines the river sectors of Silistra, Ostrov, and Gura Borcea, protected the 8 September evacuation of Silistra, attacked enemy land convoys, and destroyed enemy batteries.[3]
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- Министерство на войната, Щаб на войската (1943). Българската армия в Световната война 1915–1918, Vol. IX. Държавна печатница, София.
- Kiriţescu, Constantin (1926). Istoria războiului pentru întregirea României: 1916–1919/История на войната за обединението на Румъния. Войната в Добруджа. Печатница на армейското военно издателство, София.
- Тошев, Стефан (2007). Действията на III армия в Добруджа през 1916 год. Захарий Стоянов. ISBN 954-739-976-4.
- Pollard, A.F. (2006). A Short History of the Great War. BiblioBazaar, LLC. ISBN 978-1-4264-2180-8.
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- Battles of World War I involving Romania
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- Battles of the Balkans Theatre (World War I)
- History of Dobruja
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