Battle of Turtucaia

The Battle of Turtucaia (Romanian: Bătălia de la Turtucaia; Bulgarian: Битка при Тутракан, Bitka pri Tutrakan), also known as Tutrakan Epopee (Bulgarian: Тутраканска епопея, Tutrakanska epopeya) in Bulgaria, was the opening battle of the first Central Powers offensive during the Romanian Campaign of World War I. The battle lasted for five days and ended with the capture of the fortress of Turtucaia (now Tutrakan) and the surrender of its Romanian defenders.

Battle of Tutrakan
Part of the Dobruja Campaign of the Romanian Campaign of World War I

"The Battle of Tutrakan" by Dimitar Giudzhenov
Date2 – 6 September 1916
Location
Turtucaia, Kingdom of Romania (now Tutrakan, Bulgaria)
Result Bulgarian victory
Belligerents
 Bulgaria
 German Empire
 Romania
Commanders and leaders
Panteley Kiselov Mihail Aslan
Constantin Teodorescu
Strength
31 battalions:
55,000
19 battalions (initially):
39,000
36 battalions (end phase)
4 river monitors
8 gunboats
Casualties and losses
Dead or wounded:
9,205
Dead or wounded:
7,500
Taken POW:
480 officers and
22,000–28,000 soldiers
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