First Battle of Orsova

First Battle of Orsova
Part of the Romanian Campaign of World War I
Date 1–4 October 1916 Location Orsova, Banat, Austria-Hungary (today in Romania) Result Romanian victory
Belligerents
Romania	Austria-Hungary  Germany
Commanders and leaders
Ioan Culcer Ion Dragalina	Arthur Arz von Straussenburg Alexander Ritter Szívó de Bunya
Units involved
1st Army 1st Infantry Division	Austria-Hungary: 1st Army 145th Infantry Brigade Germany: 9th Army 187th Division 187th Regiment III Battalion
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The First Battle of Orsova was a World War I military engagement between Austro-Hungarian and German forces on one side and Romanian forces on the other side. The Central Powers failed to advance, the battle thus resulting in a Romanian victory.