Țigani clash

Țigani clash
	Part of Hungarian–Romanian War
Date	14 January 1919 [O.S. 1 January 1919]
Location	modern Crișeni, Romania
Result	The clash lasted until the Hungarian regiment finished evacuating the city
Belligerents
Hungarian Republic	Kingdom of Romania
Commanders and leaders
Mihály Gyurotsik	Gheorghe Rozin
Casualties and losses
	19 killed and wounded

The Țigani clash was a battle that took place on 14 January 1919 in Crișeni between Romanian and Hungarian troops in the area of Sălaj County, during the occupation of a new line of demarcation in Transylvania during the Hungarian–Romanian War. The incident involved Hungarian troops of the 24th Honvéd Infantry Regiment of the Székely Division and Romanian troops of the 16th Infantry Regiment of the 7th Infantry Division.

The collision in question took place in the area of the town of Țigani in the area of the railway deviation triangle leading to Zalău, and its cause is still unclear. It occurred both in the context of prior final notes exchanged between the local Hungarian and Romanian military commanders concerning the movement of their own troops into the immediate area, and in the context of an apparent prior agreement on the subject in question (negotiated, however, from a position of strength).

The event, which resulted in 6 dead, 13 wounded, and 7 missing on the Romanian side, involved battalion-sized military forces on both sides.