Battle of Báránykút

Battle of Báránykút
	Part of the Battle of Transylvania of the Romanian Campaign of World War I
Date	2 October 1916
Location	West of Báránykút, Kőhalom District, Nagy-Küküllő county, Transylvania, Austria-Hungary (today Bărcuț, Brașov County, Romania)
Result	Romanian victory
Belligerents
Romania	German Empire; Nominal only:; Austria-Hungary
Commanders and leaders
Grigore Crăiniceanu	Curt von Morgen
Units involved
2nd Army (half-strength) 3rd Division; 6th Division; Elements from two more divisions;	1st Austro-Hungarian Army I Reserve Corps 89th German Division; ;
Strength
30 battalions	13 battalions
Casualties and losses
Unknown	800 prisoners; 8 machine guns

The Battle of Báránykút was a military engagement during the Battle of Transylvania, at the beginning of the Romanian Campaign of World War I. It consisted in a German offensive that was successfully repulsed by the Romanians, who then carried out a largely unhindered tactical retreat.

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