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词条 Raid on Ruse
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  1. The Romanian attack

  2. References

{{Infobox military conflict
|conflict=Raid on Ruse
|image=Romanian torpedo attack of 27 August 1916.jpg
|image_size=300px
|caption=Diagram of the Romanian attack
|date=27 August 1916
|place=Ruse, Bulgaria
|partof =the Romanian Campaign (World War I)
|territory=The Austro-Hungarian Danube Flotilla retreats 130 km (81 miles) West along the Danube and is prevented from interfering in the subsequent Battle of Turtucaia
|result=Romanian victory
|combatant1={{flag|Kingdom of Romania|name=Romania}}
|combatant2={{flag|Austria-Hungary}}
|commander1={{flagicon image|Romanian Army Flag - 1914 used model.svg}} Niculescu Rizea
|commander2={{flagicon image|Austria-Hungary-flag-1869-1914-naval-1786-1869-merchant.svg}} Karl Lucich
|strength1=3 torpedo boats (6 torpedoes)
|strength2=5 monitors
4 armed boats
1+ barges
|casualties1=None
|casualties2=1 barge sunk
Light damaged to the Bulgarian port
|notes=
| campaignbox = {{Campaignbox Romanian Campaign}}
}}

The Raid on Ruse was the first naval action to take place on the Romanian front during the First World War. It took place on the first day of the campaign, 27 August 1916, just as Romanian troops were crossing the border into Transylvania, then part of Austria-Hungary.

The Romanian attack

During the night of 27 August 1916 three Romanian small torpedo boats (the old 10-ton Rândunica and the converted hydraulic service vessels Bujorescu and Catinca, each armed with two torpedoes in wooden carriages) attacked the Austro-Hungarian Danube Flotilla stationed in the Bulgarian port of Ruse, which consisted of five monitors and four armed river boats. The objective was to sink one of the monitors, but the attack failed in its immediate purpose, as only one barge loaded with fuel was sunk (by Rândunica, commanded by Captain Niculescu Rizea) and a quay was damaged by another torpedo. Due to this attack, however, the Austro-Hungarian Danube Flotilla (Commander Karl Lucich) retreated 130 km (81 miles) west along the Danube, stopping at Belene and subsequently taking extensive defensive measures. The three crewmen of Rândunica were received as heroes in Bucharest, and the retreated Austro-Hungarian warships were prevented from interfering in the subsequent Battle of Turtucaia.[1][2][3][4]

References

1. ^Cristian Crăciunoiu, Romanian navy torpedo boats, Modelism, 2003, p. 52
2. ^Michael B. Barrett, Prelude to Blitzkrieg: The 1916 Austro-German Campaign in Romania, p. 6
3. ^Rumanian Review, Volume 51, Issues 1-9, Europolis Pub., 1996, p. 138
4. ^Raymond Stănescu, Cristian Crăciunoiu, Marina română în primul război mondial, pp. 73-76 (in Romanian)

3 : Naval battles involving Romania|Naval battles of World War I involving Austria-Hungary|Naval battles involving Bulgaria

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