First Battle of the Jiu Valley

First Battle of the Jiu Valley
Part of the Battle of the Southern Carpathians of the Romanian Campaign of World War I
Date 23 October–1 November 1916 Location Jiu Valley, Romania Result Romanian victory
Belligerents
Romania	German Empire  Austria-Hungary
Commanders and leaders
Ion Dragalina  (DOW) Nicolae Petala Ioan Culcer	Paul von Kneußl
Units involved
1st Army 1st Infantry Division (reinforced during the battle)	Cavalry Corps Schmettow 11th Bavarian Infantry Division 144th Austro-Hungarian Infantry Brigade Württemberg Mountain Battalion
Casualties and losses
Unknown total 9 guns captured on 24 October but recovered on the 28th	3,210 combat casualties 1,500+ killed 1,600+ captured 90% of Erwin Rommel's company sick 8 guns and two howitzer batteries captured 14 machine guns captured

The First Battle of the Jiu Valley was a military engagement during World War I fought between Romanian forces on one side and Central Powers forces (Germany and Austria-Hungary) on the other. The German offensive, although initially successful, was checked within days and subsequently repulsed by a Romanian counterattack. This was the most conspicuous Romanian victory during the 1916 campaign, given that it was achieved against forces which were superior in artillery and - initially - in numbers as well.