Orsova Offensive
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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.
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Part of the Romanian Campaign of World War I | |||||||
Emperor Franz Joseph at the Orsova railway station (1896) | |||||||
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Romania | Austria-Hungary | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Ioan Culcer Ion Dragalina |
Arthur Arz von Straussenburg Rudolf von Fiebich-Ripke | ||||||
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Unknown 25 tons of coal |
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