Battle of Bazargic | |||||||
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Part of the Dobruja Campaign of the Romanian Campaign of World War I | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Central Powers:![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
23 battalions,10 artillery batteries, 17 cavalry squadrons | 46 battalions,17 artillery batteries,19 cavalry squadrons | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1,053 killed 2,324 wounded[2] | Unknown |
The Battle of Bazargic, also known as the Battle of Dobrich or the Dobrich epopee (Bulgarian: Добричка епопея), (Russian: Битва при Добриче), took place between 5 and 7 September 1916 between a joint Bulgarian–German force, consisting mainly of the Bulgarian Third Army, and a Romanian–Russian force, including a Division of Serbian Volunteers serving under the Russian 47th Corps. The battle was part of the Romanian campaign towards the end of 1916.[3] It ended with a Central Powers victory.