Second Battle of Cobadin

The Second Battle of Cobadin was a battle fought from 19 to 25 October 1916 between the Central Powers, chiefly the Bulgarian Third Army, and the Entente, represented by the Russo–Romanian Dobruja Army. The battle ended in a decisive victory for the Central Powers; it resulted in the occupation of the strategic port of Constanța and the capture of the railway between that city and Cernavodă.

Second Battle of Cobadin
Part of the Romanian Campaign (1916)
Date 19–25 October 1916 Location Rasova, Cobadin, Cernavodă; Romania Result Central Powers victory Capture of the Cernavodă–Constanța railway and port
Belligerents
Bulgaria  German Empire  Ottoman Empire	Romania  Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
August von Mackensen Stefan Toshev Todor Kantardzhiev Mustafa Hilmi Pasha	Andrei Zayonchkovski
Strength
65 battalions and 28 squadrons; 60,207 riflemen 18 battalions; 11,374 riflemen 13 battalions Total: 96 battalions and 28 squadrons; 71,581+ riflemen [1]	71 battalions and 8 squadrons 45 battalions and 32 squadrons Total: 116 battalions and 40 squadrons[1]
Casualties and losses
11,575+[2] 5,432 [2] unknown Total: 17,007+ [2]	heavy including 6 700 captured (from 19 to 21 October alone)[3]

Aftermath

Battle of the Danube Delta

Despite the loss of most of Dobruja to the Central Powers, the Romanian defensive victory at Tulcea in January 1917, combined with the actions of the Romanian cruiser Elisabeta at the mouths of the Danube, ensured Romanian control over the entire Danube Delta throughout the rest of the War.[4]

See also

• First Battle of Cobadin

References

1. Тошев (2007), page 184
2. Министерство на войната (1943), page 870-873
3. Марков, Георги. Голямата война и българската стража между Средна Европа и Ориента 1916-1919 г. Академично издателство „Проф. Марин Дринов”. София 2006. ISBN 954-322-072-7, стр. 44
4. Mihai Giurescu, Warship International, Volume 21 , p. 166

Sources

• Министерство на войната, Щаб на войската (1943). Българската армия в Световната война 1915 - 1918, Vol. IX. Държавна печатница, София.
• Kiriţescu, Constantin (1926). Istoria războiului pentru întregirea României: 1916-1919/История на войната за обединението на Румъния. Войната в Добруджа. Печатница на армейското военно издателство, София.
• Тошев, Стефан (2007). Действията на III армия в Добруджа през 1916 год. Захарий Стоянов. ISBN 954-739-976-4.
• Pollard, A.F. (2006). A Short History of the Great War. BiblioBazaar, LLC. ISBN 978-1-4264-2180-8.