Battle of Cinghinarele Island

Battle of the Cinghinarele Island
Part of the Romanian Campaign of World War I
Date 2–8 October 1916 Location Cinghinarele Island, Romania (near Belene, Bulgaria) Result Central Powers victory
Belligerents
Romania	Germany  Austria-Hungary  Austro-Hungarian navy
Strength
1 infantry company 2 batteries (6 guns)	Germany (7 October): Unknown infantry 1 artillery battery Austria-Hungary (7 October): Unknown combat engineers 2 river monitors
Casualties and losses
130 prisoners 6 guns captured	Unknown total Austria-Hungary (2 October): 1 barge damaged

The Battle of Cinghinarele Island was a military engagement between Central Powers forces (Germany and Austria-Hungary) on one side and Romanian forces on the other side during the Romanian Campaign of World War I. It took place in early October 1916. In late September 1916, Romanian forces occupied the island, setting up a garrison comprising an infantry company and six guns in two batteries. On 2 October, in support of the Flămânda Offensive, the Romanian garrison on the island attacked passing Austro-Hungarian warships, inflicting some damage and delaying the naval group long enough to allow a Romanian bridge over the Danube to be repaired. However, after an artillery bombardment which started on 7 October, the island was taken by the Central Powers on the 8th, the Romanian garrison being captured.