Battle of Bazargic

Battle of Bazargic
	Part of the Dobruja Campaign of the Romanian Campaign of World War I
	; Map of the Romanian campaign
Date	5 September 1916 - 7 September 1916
Location	Bazargic, Kingdom of Romania (now Dobrich, Bulgaria)43°34′0″N 27°50′0″E
Result	Central Powers victory
Belligerents
Central Powers:; Bulgaria ; Germany; Ottoman Empire	Allied Powers:; Romania; Russian Empire; Serbia
Commanders and leaders
Stefan Toshev; Ivan Kolev; Todor Kantardzhiev	Andrei Zayonchkovski
Strength
23 battalions,10 artillery batteries, 17 cavalry squadrons	46 battalions,17 artillery batteries,19 cavalry squadrons
Casualties and losses
1,053 killed ; 2,324 wounded	Unknown

The Battle of Bazargic, also known as the Battle of Dobrich or the Dobrich epopee (Bulgarian: Добричка епопея), took place between 5 and 7 September 1916 between a joint Bulgarian–German force, consisting mainly of the Bulgarian Third Army, and a Romanian–Russian force, including a Division of Serbian Volunteers serving under the Russian 47th Corps. The battle was part of the Romanian campaign towards the end of 1916. It ended with a Central Powers victory.

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