The Alpenkorps reached the Turnu Roșu Pass on the 26th. This engagement amounted to the only instance of Romanian opposition against the days-long march of the Germans through the mountains. Although the Romanian position fell, the battle resulted in a tactical victory for the Romanians. The Romanian force that General Culcer had sent into the mountains was not meant to halt the enemy, its purpose was merely surveillance. And this objective was accomplished: the Germans thought that the Romanians seemed unaware of their presence, but the Romanians had actually spotted the Alpenkorps. Culcer's stationing of a unit above Voineasa proved prescient. The Romanian garrison escaped, taking with it an unknown number of German prisoners.: