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Battle of Oltenița

November 4, 1853 · Battle of Oltenița

Result Ottoman victory

Omar Pasha's Ottomans beat back a Russian attack on their bridgehead across the Danube at Oltenița.

On the map Contemporaries

Russia

Allies

Russian Empire

Ottoman Empire

Peter Andreivich Dannenberg military commander

Ömer Lütfi Pasha military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: c. 7,000
Casualties: c. 1,000
Killed: 600–700
Deaths: 90–236
Guns: c. 18

Strength: c. 3,000
Casualties: c. 1,000
Deaths: 30
Wounded: 150
Guns: 6c. 20

Units

Russian army on the Danube (1853–1854)