Second Battle of Cobadin

Second Battle of Cobadin
Part of the Dobruja Campaign of the Romanian Campaign of World War I
Stefan Toshev and Mustafa Hilmi Pasha observing the fighting around Medgidia
Date 19–25 October 1916 Location Rasova, Cobadin, Cernavodă; Romania Result Central Powers victory
Belligerents
Bulgaria  German Empire  Ottoman Empire	Romania  Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
August von Mackensen Stefan Toshev Todor Kantardzhiev Ivan Kolev Panteley Kiselov Ianko Draganov [bg] Stefan Popov [bg] Mustafa Hilmi Pasha	Alexandru Averescu Alexandru Socec [ro] Alexandru Hartel [ro] Constantin Scărișoreanu [ro] Traian Găiseanu [ro] Eremia Grigorescu Andrei Zayonchkovski
Strength
65 battalions and 28 squadrons; 60,207 riflemen 18 battalions; 11,374 riflemen 13 battalions Total: 96 battalions and 28 squadrons; 71,581+ riflemen [1]	71 battalions and 8 squadrons 45 battalions and 32 squadrons Total: 116 battalions and 40 squadrons[1]
Casualties and losses
11,575+[2] 5,432 [2] unknown Total: 17,007+ [2]	heavy including 6,700 captured (from 19 to 21 October alone)[3]

The Second Battle of Cobadin took place from 19 to 25 October 1916 between the Central Powers, chiefly the Bulgarian Third Army, and the Entente, represented by the Russo–Romanian Dobruja Army. The battle ended in a decisive victory for the Central Powers; it resulted in the occupation of the strategic port of Constanța and the capture of the railway between that city and Cernavodă.