Battle of Mărăști

Battle of Mărăști
	Part of the 1917 Romanian Campaign of World War I
	; Romanian Model 1912 105 mm howitzers firing during the Battle of Mărăști
Date	22 July – 1 August 1917
Location	Mărăști, Eastern Romania
Result	Romanian-Russian victory
Belligerents
Romania; Russia	German Empire; Austria-Hungary
Commanders and leaders
Alexandru Averescu; Dmitry Shcherbachev	Friedrich von Gerok; Franz Rohr von Denta
Units involved
Romanian 2nd Army; 4th Russian Army; 9th Russian Army	German 9th Army; 1st Austro-Hungarian Army
Strength
56 infantry battalions; 14 cavalry squadrons; 228 batteries (52 heavy); 12 air squadrons	28 infantry battalions; 36 cavalry squadrons; 142 batteries (6 heavy)
Casualties and losses
4,879 casualties; (1,460 killed; 3,419 wounded or missing)	9,600 casualties; (2,200 killed; 4,700 wounded or missing; 2,700 captured)

The Battle of Mărăști (Romanian: Bătălia de la Mărăști) was one of the main battles to take place on Romanian soil in World War I. It was fought between 22 July and 1 August 1917, and was an offensive operation of the Romanian and Russian armies intended to encircle and destroy the German 9th Army. The operation was planned to occur in tandem with the Nămoloasa offensive; however, this operation was abandoned before it began.

According to General Alexandru Averescu, the commander of the Romanian Second Army at this major engagement, the Battle of Mărăști was the "first true victory in the history of the modern Romanian Army".

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