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tactical victory and forced the Central Powers to hold their offensive and assume a defensive stance till the middle of October. The right flank of the Allied forces was supported by the Romanian Navy's

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, Ostrov, and Gura Borcea, protected the 8 September evacuation of

, attacked enemy land convoys, and destroyed enemy batteries.''Romanian Review'', Volume 51, Issues 327-332, p. 139

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