Battle of Vulcan Pass
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Date21–22 September 1916
(1 day)
(1 day)
Location
Result
German victory
Territorial
changes Vulcan Pass is captured by German forces
changes Vulcan Pass is captured by German forces
| Battle of Vulcan Pass | |||||||||
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| Part of the First Battle of Petrozsény and World War I | |||||||||
 German soldiers during the Battle of Vulcan Pass | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Germany |
 Romania | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Friedrich Paulus |
Ioan Culcer Ioan Muică | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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1st Bavarian Jäger Regiment 2nd Battalion of the I.R. 187[1] |
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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17 killed 83 wounded | 526 Romanian soldiers captured | ||||||||
The Battle of Vulcan Pass took place on the Eastern Front of World War I. Vulcan Pass was captured by the Germans on 21 September during the retreat of the Romanians. The retreat occurred after the Romanian army was beaten near the city of Hermannstadt. However, on the following day, the Romanian units were still actively fighting against the advancing German troops.[2] On 22 September, two German battalions stormed the Vulcan Pass. In taking it, the Germans also captured 526 Romanian prisoners.[3]