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Second Battle of Cobadin

Second Battle of Cobadin
Part of the Romanian Campaign (1916)
Date 19–25 October 1916
Location Rasova, Cobadin, Cernavodă; Romania
Result Central Powers victory; capture of Cernavodă - Constanța railway and port
Belligerents
 Bulgaria
 German Empire
 Ottoman Empire
 Romania
 Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
German Empire August von Mackensen
Bulgaria Stefan Toshev
Bulgaria Todor Kantardzhiev
Ottoman Empire Mustafa Hilmi Pasha
Russian Empire Andrei Zayonchkovski
Romania Alexandru Averescu
Strength
Kingdom of Bulgaria65 battalions and 28 squadrons; 60,207 riflemen
Ottoman Empire 18 battalions; 11,374 riflemen
German Empire 13 battalions
Total: 96 battalions and 28 squadrons; 71,581+ riflemen
Kingdom of Romania 71 battalions and 8 squadrons
Russian Empire 45 battalions and 32 squadrons
Total: 116 battalions and 40 squadrons
Casualties and losses

Kingdom of Bulgaria 11,575+
Ottoman Empire 5,432
German Empire unknown

Total: 17,007+
heavy
including 6 700 captured (from 19 to 21 October alone)

Kingdom of Bulgaria 11,575+
Ottoman Empire 5,432
German Empire unknown


The Second Battle of Cobadin was a battle fought from 19 to 25 October 1916 between the Central Powers, chiefly the Bulgarian Third Army and the Entente, represented by the Russo - Romanian Army of the Dobrogea. The battle ended in decisive victory for the Central Powers and the occupation of the strategic port of Constanţa and capture of the railway between that city and Cernavodă.

Despite the loss of most of Dobruja to the Central Powers, the Romanian defensive victory at Tulcea in January 1917, combined with the actions of the Romanian cruiser Elisabeta at the mouths of the Danube, ensured Romanian control over the entire Danube Delta throughout the rest of the War.


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