Battle of the Olt Valley

The Battle of the Olt Valley consisted in a prolonged military engagement during World War I between Romanian forces on one side and Central Powers' forces (Germany and Austria-Hungary) on the other side. Within just under a month, the Central Powers had managed to conquer the 30 miles (48 km)-long Olt Valley from its Romanian defenders.

Battle of the Olt Valley
Part of the Romanian Campaign of World War I

Romanian machine gun nest at the Olt Valley
Date28 October–27 November 1916
Location
Olt Valley, Kingdom of Romania
Result Central Powers victory
Belligerents
 Romania  Austria-Hungary
 German Empire
Commanders and leaders
Paraschiv Vasilescu
Nicolae Petala		 Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen
Units involved

1st Army

  • 7th Division
  • 13th Division
  • 14th Division
  • 23rd Division

Krafft Corps

  • Alpine Corps Division
  • 216th German Infantry Division
  • 73rd Austro-Hungarian Division
  • 2nd Austro-Hungarian Mountain Brigade
  • 10th Austro-Hungarian Mountain Brigade
Casualties and losses
Unknown total

Zănoaga:
700 casualties
3 machine guns captured

First two weeks of November:
7,080 prisoners
12 guns captured
20 machine guns captured		 Unknown total

Poiana Spinului:
Prince Heinrich of Bavaria killed
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