Petrozsény Offensive

Petrozsény Offensive
Part of the Battle of Transylvania of the Romanian Campaign of World War I
Date27 August–3 September 1916
Location
Petrozsény District of Hunyad County, Transylvania, Austria-Hungary (today the surrounding areas of Petroșani, Romania)
Result Romanian victory
Belligerents
 Romania  Austria-Hungary
Commanders and leaders
Ioan Culcer
Ioan Muică		 Arthur Arz von Straussenburg
Ludwig Berger
Units involved

1st Army

  • 11th Division

1st Army

  • 144th Infantry Brigade
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown, but heavy

The Petrozsény Offensive was the opening action of the south-western front of the 1916 Battle of Transylvania, during World War I. The Transylvanian coal-mining center of Petrozsény (Petroșani) was occupied by the Romanian Army on 29 August, two days after the Kingdom of Romania declared war on Austria-Hungary.

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