Second Battle of Cobadin

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

Stefan Toshev and Mustafa Hilmi Pasha observing the fighting around Medgidia
| Date| 19–25 October 1916

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Location|

Rasova, Cobadin, Cernavodă; Romania

Result|  Central Powers victory
Belligerents
Bulgaria
German Empire
Ottoman Empire|  Romania
Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
August von Mackensen
Stefan Toshev
Todor Kantardzhiev
Ivan Kolev
Panteley Kiselov
Ianko Draganov [bg]
Stefan Popov [bg]
Mustafa Hilmi Pasha|  Alexandru Averescu
Alexandru Socec [ro]
Alexandru Hartel [ro]
Constantin Scărișoreanu [ro]
Traian Găiseanu [ro]
Eremia Grigorescu
Andrei Zayonchkovski
Strength
65 battalions and 28 squadrons; 60,207 riflemen
18 battalions; 11,374 riflemen
13 battalions
Total: 96 battalions and 28 squadrons; 71,581+ riflemen [1]|  71 battalions and 8 squadrons
45 battalions and 32 squadrons
Total: 116 battalions and 40 squadrons[1]
Casualties and losses

11,575+[2]
5,432 [2]
unknown

Total: 17,007+ [2]|  heavy
including 6 700 captured (from 19 to 21 October alone)[3]

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Romanian Campaign

1916 Campaign

* Transylvania
* Northern front
* Sibiu (offensive)
* Petroșani (offensive)
* Șelimbăr
* Livadia
* Baru
* 1st Petroșani
* 2nd Petroșani
* Roșia
* Mount Cindrel
* Colun
* Sibiu
* 3rd Petroșani
* Bărcuț
* Brașov
* Bulgaria
* Ruse
* Flămânda
* Orșova (offensive)
* Băile Herculane
* Dobruja
* Turtucaia
* Bazargic
* 1st Cobadin
* 2nd Cobadin
* 1st Orșova
* Cinghinarele
* Southern Carpathians
* Predeal
* 1st Oituz
* Sălătrucu
* 1st Jiu Valley
* Dragoslavele
* Eastern Carpathians
* Úz Valley
* Ghimeș
* Olt Valley

The Romanian Debacle

* 2nd Jiu Valley
* 2nd Oituz
* Zimnicea
* Slatina
* Robănești
* Bucharest
* Prunaru
* Pitești–Târgoviște
* Argeș
* Retreat
* Buzău
* Râmnicu Sărat
* Brăila
* Focșani

1917 Campaign

* Mărăști
* Mărășești
* 3rd Oituz

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* Galați
* Bessarabia
* Treaty of Buftea
* Treaty of Bucharest

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Romania rejoins the war

The Second Battle of Cobadin was a battle fought from 19 to 25 October 1916 between the Central Powers, chiefly the Bulgarian Third Army, and the Entente, represented by the Russo–Romanian Dobruja Army. The battle ended in a decisive victory for the Central Powers; it resulted in the occupation of the strategic port of Constanța and the capture of the railway between that city and Cernavodă.

## The battle[edit]

The Romanian Second Army, led by major general Alexandru Averescu, fielded the following units:

* 2nd Infantry Division, commanded by brigadier general Alexandru Socec [ro].[4]
* 5th Infantry Division [ro], commanded by brigadier general Alexandru Hartel [ro].
* 9th Infantry Division [ro], commanded by brigadier general Constantin Scărișoreanu [ro]
* 12th Infantry Division [ro], commanded by brigadier general Traian Găiseanu [ro].
* 15th Infantry Division [ro], commanded by brigadier general Eremia Grigorescu.

The Russian Dobruja Army, commanded by general Andrei Zayonchkovski, comprised the 47th Army Corps.

The Bulgarian Third Army, led by lieutenant general Stefan Toshev, comprised the following units:

* 1st Infantry Division [bg; ro], commanded by brigadier general Ianko Draganov [bg; ro].
* 4th Infantry Division [bg; ro], commanded by brigadier general Panteley Kiselov.
* 6th Infantry Division [bg; ro], commanded by brigadier general Stefan Popov [bg; ro].
* Combined Division [bg; ro], commanded by major general Todor Kantardzhiev.
* 1st Cavalry Division [bg; ro], commanded by major general Ivan Kolev.

## Aftermath[edit]

### Battle of the Danube Delta[edit]

Despite the loss of most of Dobruja to the Central Powers, the Romanian defensive victory at Tulcea in January 1917, combined with the actions of the Romanian cruiser Elisabeta at the mouths of the Danube, ensured Romanian control over the entire Danube Delta throughout the rest of the War.[5]

## See also[edit]

* First Battle of Cobadin

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Тошев (2007), page 184
2. ^ a b c Министерство на войната (1943), page 870-873
3. ^ Марков, Георги. Голямата война и българската стража между Средна Европа и Ориента 1916-1919 г. Академично издателство „Проф. Марин Дринов”. София 2006. ISBN 954-322-072-7, стр. 44
4. ^ "Inventar. General Socec Alexandru. 1877-1951" (PDF). arhivelenationale.ro. National Archives of Romania. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
5. ^ Mihai Giurescu, Warship International, Volume 21 , p. 166

## Sources[edit]

* Министерство на войната, Щаб на войската (1943). Българската армия в Световната война 1915-1918, Vol. IX. Държавна печатница, София.
* Kirițescu, Constantin (1922). Istoria războiului pentru întregirea României: 1916–1919. București: România Nouă. OCLC 935411585.
* Тошев, Стефан (2007). Действията на III армия в Добруджа през 1916 год. Захарий Стоянов. ISBN 978-954-739-976-1.
* Pollard, A.F. (2006). A Short History of the Great War. BiblioBazaar. ISBN 978-1-4264-2180-8.

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Bulgaria during World War I

| Prelude  | South-western front
Serbian campaign, Macedonian front | Romanian front • Outcome • Others  | Important persons

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Balkan Wars

1912–1913

* First Balkan War

1913

* Treaty of London
* Second Balkan War
* Treaty of Bucharest
* Treaty of Constantinople

Neutrality

1914

* Ottoman–Bulgarian alliance

1915

* Negotiations of Bulgaria with the Central Powers and the Entente
* Bulgarian–German treaty
* Secret Bulgarian–German agreement
* Military convention between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria
* Bulgarian–Ottoman convention
* Mobilization

Commanders

Bulgaria

Nikola Zhekov • Kliment Boyadzhiev • Dimitar Geshov • Georgi Todorov • Ivan Lukov • Stefan Nerezov • Vladimir Vazov

Entente:

Serbia: Radomir Putnik • Živojin Mišić • Stepa Stepanović • Petar Bojović • Pavle Jurišić Šturm;
France: Maurice Sarrail • Adolphe Guillaumat • Louis Franchet d'Espèrey;
United Kingdom: Bryan Mahon • George Milne;
Kingdom of Greece: Panagiotis Danglis

Field Armies

* + Eleventh Army
* First Army
* Second Army
* Fourth Army

Battles

1915

Morava Offensive • Ovče Pole Offensive • Kosovo offensive (1915)  • Battle of Krivolak

1916

First battle of Doiran • Battle of Florina (Lerin) • Struma operation • Monastir offensive

1917

Second battle of Doiran • 2nd Crna Bend • Second battle of Monastir

1918

Battle of Skra-di-Legen • Battle of Dobro Pole • Third battle of Doiran

Commanders

Bulgaria

Nikola Zhekov • Panteley Kiselov • Stefan Toshev • Todor Kantardzhiev • Ivan Kolev

Entente:

Romania: Constantin Prezan • Alexandru Averescu;
Russia: Andrei Zayonchkovski • Vladimir Sakharov

Field Armies

* Third Army

Battles

1916

Battle of Turtucaia • Battle of Bazargic • First Cobadin • Flămânda Offensive • Second Cobadin • Battle of Bucharest

Outcome

1918 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk • Armistice of Focșani • Treaty of Bucharest • Protocol of Berlin

Outcome

* Armistice of Salonica
* Vladaya revolt
* Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine

Others

* Bulgarian administration in Kosovo
* Anti-military propaganda

* Ferdinand
* Vasil Radoslavov
* Aleksandar Malinov
* Aleksandar Stamboliyski
* Aleksandar Protogerov
* August von Mackensen
* Boris Drangov
* Vladimir Vazov
* Georgi Todorov (general)
* Ivan Kolev
* Kliment Boyadzhiev
* Dimitar Geshov
* Ivan Lukov
* Konstantin Zhostov
* Krastyu Zlatarev
* Nikola Zhekov
* Panteley Kiselov
* Stefan Toshev
* Stefan Nerezov
* Todor Kantardzhiev

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