Battle of the Olt Valley

Battle of the Olt Valley
Part of the Romanian Campaign of World War I
Romanian machine gun nest at the Olt Valley
Date 28 October–27 November 1916 Location Olt Valley, Kingdom of Romania Result Central Powers victory
Belligerents
Romania	Austria-Hungary  German Empire
Commanders and leaders
Paraschiv Vasilescu Nicolae Petala	Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen Heinrich of Bavaria †
Units involved
1st Army 7th Division 13th Division 14th Division 23rd Division	Krafft Corps Alpine Corps Division 216th German Infantry Division 73rd Austro-Hungarian Division 2nd Austro-Hungarian Mountain Brigade 10th Austro-Hungarian Mountain Brigade
Casualties and losses
Unknown total Zănoaga: 700 casualties 3 machine guns captured First two weeks of November: 7,080 prisoners 12 guns captured 20 machine guns captured	Unknown total Poiana Spinului: Prince Heinrich of Bavaria killed

The Battle of the Olt Valley consisted in a prolonged military engagement during World War I between Romanian forces on one side and Central Powers' forces (Germany and Austria-Hungary) on the other side. Within just under a month, the Central Powers had managed to conquer the 30 miles (48 km)-long Olt Valley from its Romanian defenders.