Battle of Bazargic
| Battle of Bazargic | |||||||
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| Part of the Dobruja Campaign of the Romanian Campaign of World War I | |||||||
Map of the Romanian campaign | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Central Powers: Bulgaria Germany Ottoman Empire |
Allied Powers: Romania Russian Empire Serbia | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Stefan Toshev Ivan Kolev Todor Kantardzhiev | Andrei Zayonchkovski | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 23 battalions,10 artillery batteries, 17 cavalry squadrons | 46 battalions,17 artillery batteries,19 cavalry squadrons | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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1,053 killed 2,324 wounded | 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-Ottoman 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. It ended with a Central Powers victory.