First Battle of Orsova

First Battle of Orsova
	Part of the Romanian Campaign of World War I
Date	1–4 October 1916
Location	Orsova, Banat, Austria-Hungary (today in Romania)
Result	Romanian victory
Belligerents
Romania	Austria-Hungary; Germany
Commanders and leaders
Ioan Culcer; Ion Dragalina	Arthur Arz von Straussenburg; Alexander Ritter Szívó de Bunya
Units involved
1st Army 1st Infantry Division;	Austria-Hungary:; 1st Army 145th Infantry Brigade; Germany:; 9th Army 187th Division 187th Regiment III Battalion; ; ;
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The First Battle of Orsova was a World War I military engagement between Austro-Hungarian and German forces on one side and Romanian forces on the other side. The Central Powers failed to advance, the battle thus resulting in a Romanian victory.

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