Battle of the Olt Valley

Battle of the Olt Valley
Part of the Romanian Campaign of World War I
Romanian machine gun nest at the Olt Valley
Date 28 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

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.