Battle of Bazargic

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

Map of the Romanian campaign
Date5 September 1916 – 7 September 1916
Location
Bazargic, Kingdom of Romania (now Dobrich, Bulgaria)
43°34′0″N 27°50′0″E / 43.56667°N 27.83333°E / 43.56667; 27.83333
Result Central Powers victory
Belligerents
Central Powers:
Bulgaria Bulgaria
 Germany
 Ottoman Empire[1]		 Allied Powers:
Romania Romania
Russian Empire
 Serbia
Commanders and leaders
Bulgaria Stefan Toshev
Bulgaria Ivan Kolev
Bulgaria Todor Kantardzhiev		 Andrei Zayonchkovski
Strength
23 battalions,10 artillery batteries, 17 cavalry squadrons 46 battalions,17 artillery batteries,19 cavalry squadrons
Casualties and losses
1,053 killed
2,324 wounded[2]		 Unknown

The Battle of Bazargic, also known as the Battle of Dobrich or the Dobrich epopee (Bulgarian: Добричка епопея), (Russian: Битва при Добриче), took place between 5 and 7 September 1916 between a joint Bulgarian–German-Ottoman force, consisting mainly of the Bulgarian Third Army, and a Romanian–Russian force, including a Division of Serbian Volunteers serving under the Russian 47th Corps. The battle was part of the Romanian campaign towards the end of 1916.[3] It ended with a Central Powers victory.

  1. ^ General Stefan Toshev 1921 “The activity of the 3rd Army in Dobrudja in 1916”, p.68; Действията на III армия в Добруджа 1916, стр. 68
  2. ^ Симеонов, Радослав, Величка Михайлова и Донка Василева. Добричката епопея. Историко-библиографски справочник, Добрич 2006, с. 181.
  3. ^ Norman Stone 2008, p. 712–713.