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The Count of Saint-Aulaire about the Battle for Moldavia: “A Romanian Marne”
Auguste-Félix-Charles de Beaupoil, the Count of Saint-Aulaire, is one of the most important memorial sources on Romania’s struggles during the First World War. The Count of Saint-Aulaire was the French ambassador in Romania during 1916-1920 and was a constant presence...
The battles of the Romanian Front in the summer of 1917 and their impact
The battles of Mărăști, Mărăşeşti and Oituz in the summer of 1917 had a significant impact on the forces fighting on this front and not only. If the battle of Mărășești was “the first real victory of the modern Romanian army” as the Romanian general Alexandru Averescu...
The Battle of Oituz – the last battle for Moldova
The Battle of Oituz in August 1917 was a tactical victory for the Romanian army, and together with the battles of Mărăști and Mărășești, it saved Moldavia from being taken over by the Central Powers. The German attacks through the valleys of Caşin, Oituz...
The Battle of Mărășești, the most significant victory in the history of the Romanian army
Historian Glenn E. Torrey had this to say regarding the Battle of Mărășești: “If the battle of Mărășești was «the first real victory of the modern Romanian army», as Averescu described it, the Battle of Mărășești was the most significant victory of this army in the...