The armament of the Tutrakan bridgehead

 

 

Sector (western) I – 14 km from the Danube to Valea Staroselo

         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 – 9 km from Valea Staroselo to west of strongpoint Nr. 10

         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 – 12 km from the strongpoint Nr. 10 to the Danube

         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

         Regina Elisabeta : 4 – 120mm L/45 naval guns taken from the cruiser Elisabeta

         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.