First Battle of Petrozsény

First Battle of Petrozsény
	Part of the Battle of Transylvania of the Romanian Campaign of World War I
	; Course of the battle from 17 to 19 September
Date	17 – 22 September 1916
Location	Petrozsény and the surrounding area, Transylvania, Austria-Hungary (today Petroșani, Romania)
Result	German victory
Belligerents
Romania	German Empire
Commanders and leaders
Ioan Culcer; Ioan Muică	Erich von Falkenhayn; Hermann von Staabs; Edwin Sunkel
Units involved
1st Army 11th Division;	9th Army XXXIX Reserve Corps 187th Division 187th Regiment; 189th Regiment; Artillery units; ; Alpine Corps Jäger Regiment; ; ;
Casualties and losses
Unknown, but heavy; ; Vulcan Pass (21-22 September):; 526 prisoners	Unknown

The First Battle of Petrozsény was a military engagement fought between Romanian forces on one side and German forces on the other side. It was part of the 1916 Battle of Transylvania, itself part of the Romanian Campaign of World War I. This was a German attack which drove off the Romanian forces from the Transylvanian coal mining center of Petrozsény (the present-day city of Petroșani in Hunedoara County, Romania). Although a Romanian counterattack a few days later undid most of their gains, the main strategic objective of the Central Powers had been nevertheless achieved.

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