Battle of the Southern Carpathians

Battle of the Southern Carpathians
Part of Romanian Campaign (World War I)
The Romanian front as of 25 October (blue interrupted line)
Date 12 October–1 November 1916 Location Southern Carpathians, at the border between Romania and Austria-Hungary Result Romanian strategic victory
Belligerents
Romania	German Empire  Austria-Hungary
Commanders and leaders
1st Army: Ioan Culcer (until 24 October) Ion Dragalina  (DOW)(24-25 October) Nicolae Petala (after 25 October) 2nd Army: Alexandru Averescu 15th Division (North Army): Eremia Grigorescu	Erich von Falkenhayn
Units involved
1st Army 2nd Army 15th Division (North Army)	9th Army
Casualties and losses
Unknown	1,600+ killed 1,900+ captured 8 guns and two howitzer batteries captured 14 machine guns captured

The Battle of the Southern Carpathians was a major operation during the Romanian Campaign of World War I. The brainchild of German General Erich von Falkenhayn, the operation consisted in an attempt by the Central Powers (Germany and Austria-Hungary) to assault all of the passes in the Southern Carpathians at the same time, and exploit a success wherever it might have come. However, this did not happen, as Romanian defenses could not be defeated in any of the five areas that Falkenhayn's spread-out army tried to force.