What the records say
- When
- 17 Sep 1916 – 22 Sep 1916
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 45.73° N, 24.97° E
- Location
- Petrozsény and the surrounding area, Transylvania, Austria-Hungary (today Petroșani, Romania)
- Outcome
- German victory
- Belligerents
- German Empire vs Romania
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
First Battle of Petrozsény
Battle in 1916
The First Battle of Petrozsény was a military engagement fought between Romanian forces on one side and German forces on the other side. It was part of the 1916 Battle of Transylvania, itself part of the Romanian Campaign of World War I. This was a German attack which drove off the Romanian forces from the Transylvanian coal mining center of Petrozsény.
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