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The offensive of the Russian General [[Aleksei Brusilov]] in June 1916 was significantly impacting the Romanian |
The offensive of the Russian General [[Aleksei Brusilov]] in June 1916 was significantly impacting the Romanian pblic opiion. The Russian advace soon reached the Romanian border, on the [[Prut River]].<ref>Leonard Arthur Magnus, K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & Company Limited, 1917, ''Roumania's Cause & Ideals'', p. 118</ref |
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==Border clash== |
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| Part of the Brusilov Offensive of World War I | |||||||
_-_Dorohoi.jpg) 1897 map of Dorohoi County, with Mamornița and Herța visible in the northwestern extremity | |||||||
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| Unknown | 1 cavalry patrol disarmed and interned | ||||||
The Mamornița border clash was an incursion of Russian forces into Romanian territory during the Brusilov Offensive in World War I. As Romania was neutral at the time, the Russian forces left Romanian territory soon afterwards.
Background
The offensive of the Russian General Aleksei Brusilov in June 1916 was significantly impacting the Romanian pblic opiion. The Russian advace soon reached the Romanian border, on the Prut River.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).[1]
Aftermath
In Iași, where fear and mistrust of Russia remained the highest, a "League for National Defense" was created. Despite allegations from his Conservative opposition, the Liberal Romanian Prime Minister, Ion I. C. Brătianu, was thoroughly upset over the Russian incursion. The Russians, having no intention to force his hand, quickly left Romanian territory. The Russian crossing of the Romanian border was inadvertent.[2]
Brătianu thought that these infractions were meant to test how Romania would behave. On 17 June, the Austro-Hungarian Minister to Romania, Count Ottokar Czernin, was fully satisfied by the proper attitude observed by Romania.[3]
References
- ^ Glenn E. Torrey, Center for Romanian Studies, 1998, Romania and World War I, p. 113
- ^ Glenn E. Torrey, Center for Romanian Studies, 1998, Romania and World War I, p. 113
- ^ Leonard Arthur Magnus, K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & Company Limited, 1917, Roumania's Cause & Ideals, p. 119