Second Battle of Petrozsény

Second Battle of Petrozsény
Part of the Battle of Transylvania of the Romanian Campaign of World War I

Merisor, where the Romanian counterattack pushed the Central Powers
Date25 – 28 September 1916
Location
Petrozsény and the surrounding area, Transylvania, Austria-Hungary (today Petroșani, Romania)
Result Romanian victory
Belligerents
 Romania  Austria-Hungary
 German Empire
Commanders and leaders
Ioan Culcer Erich von Falkenhayn
Ludwig Berger
Units involved

1st Army

  • 11th Division

9th Army

  • 144th Austro-Hungarian Infantry Brigade
  • 2 Bavarian Jäger battalions
    • 2 batteries
Casualties and losses
Unknown

Hundreds of prisoners

  • 80 German prisoners killed
7 machine-guns captured

The Second Battle of Petrozsény was a World War I military engagement between Romanian forces on one side and Central Powers forces (Austria-Hungary and Germany) on the other side. It was part of the wider Battle of Transylvania and resulted in a Romanian victory.

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