Battle of Prunaru

Battle of Prunaru
	Part of the Battle of Bucharest of the Romanian Campaign, World War I
	; Memorial commemorating the battle
Date	November 28, 1916
Location	Prunaru, Teleorman County, Romania
Result	See aftermath 217th Division halted; Left flank of the Danube Army subsequently exposed;
Belligerents
Romania	German Empire
Commanders and leaders
Constantin Prezan	August von Mackensen
Casualties and losses
700 captured; 20 guns	Unknown

The Battle of Prunaru was a military engagement between German and Romanian forces during the Romanian Campaign of World War I. It resulted in a tactical German victory, but following the heavy Romanian resistance the Germans halted after taking Prunaru. General Constantin Prezan's maneuver group checked the German forces in the region within two days, exposing the left flank of Field Marshal August von Mackensen's Danube Army.

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