Cika jumla mai zuwa:
Bayan nasarar da aka yi wa rundunar soji ta 3 ta Romania a Turtucaia a farkon watan Satumbar 1916, an maye gurbin kwamandan janar na wannan rundunar da Alexandru Averescu a ranar 7 ga Satumba, wanda masanin tarihi John Buchan ya yi la'akari da shi "mafi kyawun janar na Romania". A ƙarshen Satumba, sojojin Romania sun mamaye tsibirin Cinghinarele. Averescu ya tura a tsibirin wani kamfanin sojoji tare da batura biyu na bindigogi na bindigogi uku kowannensu. Cinghinarele tsibiri ne mai faɗi a cikin Danube, na uku na mil fadi da mil biyu da rabi. Tana cikin gabashin budewa na Belene Channel. Baya ga sansanin soja, 'yan Romania sun kuma sanya ma'adanai kusa da tsibirin.