Second Battle of Cobadin

Second Battle of Cobadin
Part of 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
August von Mackensen Stefan Toshev Todor Kantardzhiev Mustafa Hilmi Pasha	Andrei Zayonchkovski Alexandru Averescu
Strength
65 battalions and 28 squadrons; 60,207 riflemen 18 battalions; 11,374 riflemen 13 battalions Total: 96 battalions and 28 squadrons; 71,581+ riflemen [1]	71 battalions and 8 squadrons 45 battalions and 32 squadrons Total: 116 battalions and 40 squadrons[1]
Casualties and losses
11,575+[2] 5,432 [2] unknown Total: 17,007+ [2]	heavy

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.

See also

• First Battle of Cobadin

References

1. Тошев (2007), page 184
2. Министерство на войната (1943), page 870-873

Sources

• Министерство на войната, Щаб на войската (1943). Българската армия в Световната война 1915 - 1918, Vol. IX. Държавна печатница, София.
• KiriÅ£escu, 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.