Orsova Offensive

Orsova Offensive
Part of the Romanian Campaign of World War I

Emperor Franz Joseph at the Orsova railway station (1896)
Date28 August–4 September 1916
Location
Orsova, Banat, Austria-Hungary (today in Romania)
Result Romanian victory
Belligerents
 Romania  Austria-Hungary
Commanders and leaders
Kingdom of Romania Ioan Culcer
Kingdom of Romania Ion Dragalina		 Austria-Hungary Arthur Arz von Straussenburg
Austria-Hungary Rudolf von Fiebich-Ripke
Units involved

1st Army

  • 1st Infantry Division

1st Army

  • 145th Infantry Brigade
  • SMS Álmos
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown
25 tons of coal

The Orsova Offensive was a military engagement fought between the armies of Romania and Austria-Hungary at the start of the Romanian Campaign in August–September 1916. It ended in a Romanian victory which led to the Romanian occupation of the west bank of the Cserna (Cerna) River for over two months.