The armament of the Tutrakan
bridgehead
Sector (western) I commander
: Lt.col. Nicoliescu, commander of 36th
infantry regiment HQ : Staroselo Ştefan
Cel Mare : 2 120mm L/25 guns in armoured cupolas Smβrdan : 4 105mm L/35 guns (4th bty./2nd
div./3rd heavy art. rgt.) Radu Negru : 4 120mm mortars Mircea Vodă : 4 120mm howitzers Cuza Vodă : 4 120mm howitzers Behind fort 3 : 1 210mm howitzer Behind the right of the line advanced
by Staroselo : 4 75mm
QF Bulgarian field guns (taken 1913) 2 batteries with 6 53mm QF guns
each 1st
Group of turret guns : 23 53mm turret guns Infantry : 36th Inf. Rgt. (4 Bs.), IV/40th Inf. Bn. with 17 Mgs. Sector (southern) II commander
: Lt.col. Dumitrescu, commander of 79th
infantry regiment HQ : Daidir Principesa
Ileana : 4 87mm field guns M. 1880 (11th bty./Siege
Bn.) Dragoș
Vodă : 2
120mm mortars Opanez : 4 105mm L/35 guns (7th bty./3rd
div./3rd heavy art. rgt.) Pleven : 4
105mm L/35 guns (8th bty./3rd
div./3rd heavy art. rgt.) 1 battery with 6 53mm QF guns 2nd Group of
turret guns : 7 53mm turret guns Infantry : 79th Inf. Rgt. (4 Bs.) with 17 Mgs. Sector (eastern) III commander
: Lt.col. Marinescu, commander of 76th
infantry regiment HQ : Antimnovo Călugăreni :
4 105mm L/35 guns (9th bty./3rd
div./3rd heavy art. rgt.) Principele
Carol : 4 87mm field guns (12th bty./Siege
Bn.) Mihai Viteazul : 2 120mm L/25 guns in armoured cupolas Between fort 13 and 14: 4 75mm QF
Bulgarian field guns (taken 1913) Regele
Carol : 2 120mm L/25 guns in armoured cupolas 1 battery with 6 53mm QF guns 3rd Group of
turret guns : 7 53mm turret guns Infantry : 76th Inf. Rgt. (4 Bs.) with 18 Mgs. Sector IV (Danube) on the bank of the Danube,
from Turk Smil to the eastern side of the island of
Kosuj Commander:
rear admiral Nicolae Negrescu a)
Right
bank of the Danube Grivița : 4 105mm L/35 guns (5th
bty./2nd div./3rd heavy art. rgt.) Regele
Ferdinand : 4 150mm L/35 naval guns taken from the cruiser Elisabeta (10th
bty./Siege Bn.) Regina Maria : 4 120mm L/10 Skoda
howitzers taken from the Danube monitors Rahova : 4 105mm L/35 guns (6th bty./2nd
div./3rd heavy art. rgt.) Principele Nicolae : 4 75mm QF Bulgarian field guns (taken 1913) 2 37mm QF guns Cβrneciu
island : 2 53mm QF turret guns, 8 37mm QF turret guns, 4 37mm revolver
guns Chisulgeaua
insland : 3 53mm QF turret guns, 4 57mm QF guns b)
Left
bank of the Danube Principele Mircea : 4 75mm guns taken from the cruiser Elisabeta 3 53mm turret guns Infantry : 1st
and 4th Cps./Mircea militia Bn. Sector V
Oltenița and environs 8 75mm field guns M. 1880 Buzău
and Vasile Lupu militia
Bns. General Reserve
the interior of the fortress 7 120mm field howitzers M. 1901 (22nd
art. rgt.) 8 105mm QF field
howitzers (5th howitzers rgt.) 8
75mm field guns M. 1880 (3rd art. rgt.) Infantry : 80th
Inf. Rgt. (4 Bs.), IV/75th
Inf. Bn., Prahova and 2nd and 3rd
Cps./Mircea militia Bns. |