Battle of Turtucaia

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

"The Battle of Tutrakan" by Dimitar Giudzhenov
Date2 – 6 September 1916
Location
Turtucaia, Kingdom of Romania (now Tutrakan, Bulgaria)
Result Bulgarian victory
Belligerents
 Bulgaria
 German Empire		  Romania
Commanders and leaders
Tsardom of Bulgaria (1908–1946) Panteley Kiselov Kingdom of Romania Mihail Aslan
Kingdom of Romania Constantin Teodorescu
Strength
31 battalions:
55,000		 19 battalions (initially):
39,000
36 battalions ,73,000(end phase)
4 river monitors
8 gunboats
Casualties and losses
Dead or wounded:
9,205[1]		 Dead or wounded:
7,500[2]
Taken POW:
480 officers and
22,000–28,000 soldiers[3][4][5]

The Battle of Turtucaia (Romanian: Bătălia de la Turtucaia; Bulgarian: Битка при Тутракан, Bitka pri Tutrakan), also known as Tutrakan Epopee (Bulgarian: Тутраканска епопея, Tutrakanska epopeya) in Bulgaria, was the opening battle of the first Central Powers offensive during the Romanian Campaign of World War I. The battle lasted for five days and ended with the capture of the fortress of Turtucaia (now Tutrakan) and the surrender of its Romanian defenders.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Министерство на войната240 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ According to Romanian sources Тутраканска епопея Archived June 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Dragoş Băldescu, "Bătălia de la Turtucaia (1916)", Colecţionarul Român, 24.12.2006
  4. ^ Glenn E. Torrey, "The Battle of Turtucaia (Tutrakan) (2–6 September 1916): Romania's Grief, Bulgaria's Glory"
  5. ^ Constantin Kiriţescu, "Istoria războiului pentru întregirea României: 1916–1919", vol. I, pag. 398