Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Alexandru Averescu

Battles of Alexandru Averescu

Marshal and former Prime Minister of Romania (1859-1938)

Alexandru Averescu is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1916 and 1917: 7 battles across 2 present-day countries, most in Romania (6), Bulgaria (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,303 km apart end to end, 217 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War I (5).

Battle of the Southern CarpathiansBattle of Predeal PassFlămânda OffensiveRomanian Army offensive in Transylvania in 1916Second Battle of CobadinBattle of MărăştiSecond Battle of OituzFlămânda OffensiveRomanian Army offensive in Transylvania in 1916Second Battle of CobadinBattle of MărăştiSecond Battle of OituzBucharestConstanțaCluj-NapocaBrașovCraiovaPloieștiBacăuRusePiteștiIzmayil200 km45.294N, 25.760E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1916: 5 engagements5 in 19161917: 2 engagements19161917
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Flămânda Offensive, 1916Romanian Army offensive in Transylvania in 1916, 1916Second Battle of Cobadin, 1916Battle of the Southern Carpathians, 1916Battle of Predeal Pass, 1916Battle of Mărăşti, 1917Second Battle of Oituz, 191719161917
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1916Flămânda OffensiveRyahovo, BulgariaCentral Powers victory; Romanian withdrawal
16 October 1916Romanian Army offensive in Transylvania in 1916Transylvania, Romania357 km NWCentral Powers victory Romanian invasion repulsed...
1916Second Battle of CobadinRasova, Romania429 km SECentral Powers victory
1916Battle of the Southern CarpathiansSouthern Carpathians, Romania294 km NWRomanian strategic victory
10 November 1916Battle of Predeal PassPredeal, Romania66 km ERomanian victory
1917Battle of MărăştiRăcoasa, Romania115 km NERomanian–Russian victory
8 August 1917Second Battle of OituzBacău County, Romania41 km NWRomanian defensive victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, unknown/not specified, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.