Battle of Bazargic | |||||||
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Part of Romanian Campaign (World War I) | |||||||
Map of the Romanian campaign | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Central Powers: Bulgaria German Empire Ottoman Empire |
Allied Powers: Romania Russian Empire Kingdom of Serbia | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Stefan Toshev Ivan Kolev 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[1] | Unknown |
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The Battle of Bazargic, also known as the Battle of Dobrich or the Dobrich epopee (Bulgarian language: Добричка епопея
), 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 at the end of 1916.[2] It ended with a Central Powers victory.
Background[]
German Commander Field Marshal August von Mackensen was put in charge of the Romanian campaign in the Dobruja front. In September the 3rd Bulgarian Army was reinforced with two Ottoman divisions and part of a German division. The Central Powers' plan was to attack the Romanian forces in Transylvania, while at the same time attacking along the Black Sea, into the Dobruja, a region inhabited mainly by Bulgarians and taken from them in 1913,[2] as the result of the Second Balkan War.
Battle[]
Mackensen started with a surprise move on Turtucaia, a Romanian fortress. The besieging force was smaller than the garrison, most of which surrendered quickly while the rest fled including their commander.[3] On the Southern front German and Bulgarian units along with Turkish reinforcements, crossed the border and invaded the Dobrogea finding themselves facing the Romanian Third Army and two Russian infantry divisions, some Romanian units surrendered to the Russians, believing them to be Bulgarians.[4] The outnumbered Central Powers force managed to push the Russians north while the Serbian Volunteer division suffered heavy casualties with 8,539 dead and wounded.[5] On 7 September after intense fighting the defeated Russian general ordered a withdrawal.[6]
Aftermath[]
As the Romanian army withdrew into Moldavia by the beginning of November, the Central Powers had captured the whole of Dobruja.[7]
Notes[]
- ↑ Симеонов, Радослав, Величка Михайлова и Донка Василева. Добричката епопея. Историко-библиографски справочник, Добрич 2006, с. 181.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Norman Stone 2008, p. 712–713.
- ↑ Norman Stone 2008, p. 712-713.
- ↑ Holger H. Herwig 2014, p. 213.
- ↑ Ivo Banac 2015, p. 121–123.
- ↑ Richard C. Hall 2010, p. 70-71.
- ↑ Norman Stone 2008, p. 720.
References[]
- Norman Stone (2008). The Eastern Front 1914-1917. Penguin Books Limited. ISBN 978-0-14-193885-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=p_J9GWL50IAC.
- Richard C. Hall (2010). Balkan Breakthrough: The Battle of Dobro Pole 1918. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-00411-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=lVJ3BwKa9wMC&pg=PA197.
- Ivo Banac (2015). The National Question in Yugoslavia: Origins, History, Politics. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-1-5017-0193-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=ggjhCQAAQBAJ.
- Holger H. Herwig (24 April 2014). The First World War: Germany and Austria-Hungary 1914-1918. A&C Black. ISBN 978-1-4725-1081-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=4fTCAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA160.
- (in Bulgarian) Българската армия в Първата световна война 1915-1918: Кратък енцикл. справ. Св. Георги Победоносец. 1939. https://books.google.com/books?id=aWpCNQAACAAJ.
External links[]
The original article can be found at Battle of Bazargic and the edit history here.
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Prelude | South-western front: Serbian Campaign, Macedonian front | Romanian front • Outcome • Others | Important persons |
1912–1913 1913 Neutrality
1914 1915
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Commanders
Kingdom of Bulgaria Nikola Zhekov • Kliment Boyadzhiev • Georgi Todorov• Stefan Nerezov • Vladimir Vazov Kingdom of Serbia:
Radomir Putnik • Živojin Mišić • Stepa Stepanović • Petar Bojović; Field Armies
Battles
1915 Morava Offensive • Ovche Pole Offensive • Kosovo Offensive (1915) • Battle of Krivolak 1916 First battle of Doiran • Battle of Lerin • Battle of Struma • Monastir Offensive 1917 Second battle of Doiran • 2nd Cerna Bend • Second battle of Monastir 1918 Battle of Skra-di-Legen • Battle of Dobro Pole • Third battle of Doiran |
Commanders
Kingdom of Bulgaria Nikola Zhekov • Panteley Kiselov • Stefan Toshev • Todor Kantardzhiev • Ivan Kolev Kingdom of Romania:
Constantin Prezan • Alexandru Averescu; Field Armies
Battles
1916 Battle of Turtucaia • Battle of Dobrich • First Cobadin • Flămânda Offensive • Second Cobadin • Battle of Bucharest Outcome
1918 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk • Armistice of Focşani • Treaty of Bucharest • Protocol of Berlin Outcome
Others
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