Battle of Sălătrucu

Battle of Sălătrucu
	Part of the Battle of the Southern Carpathians of the Romanian Campaign of World War I
	; Map of the area of operations (Sălătrucu lies south of the map)
Date	16–23 October 1916
Location	Sălătrucu, Romania
Result	Romanian victory
Belligerents
Romania	Austria-Hungary; German Empire
Commanders and leaders
Ioan Culcer; Nicolae Petala	Erich von Falkenhayn; Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen
Units involved
1st Army I Corps 13th Division; 20th Divisions; 23rd Division; ;	9th Army Krafft Group Bavarian Guard Regiment; Bavarian Jäger Brigade; 2nd Austro-Hungarian Mountain Brigade; 10th Austro-Hungarian Mountain Brigade; ;
Strength
7,500	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The Battle of Sălătrucu was a military engagement during the Romanian Campaign of World War I. It took place after the Battle of Transylvania and resulted in a Romanian victory. A mixed Central Powers force – under German leadership but with mostly Austro-Hungarian troops – conducted a failed offensive into Romanian territory, south of the Turnu Roșu Pass.

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