Career
Having been dispatched by the divisional commander to maneuver to the left of the 2nd Division with his regiment, he knew how to ardently inspire the soldiers so that they proceeded singing to the assault. He was wounded while leading his regiment on September 3, 1916, during fighting south of Arabagi, Dobruja. High Decree Number. 2970, September 28, 1916
Promoted to General de brigadă, he was given the command of the 11th Infantry Division, which saw combat in the Battle of Mărășești in August 1917.
In January 1918, after the Armistice of Focșani, Broșteanu and his division was ordered to cross the Prut into the Moldavian Democratic Republic to pacify the region under the threat of brigandage perpetrated by the Soviet soldiers.
After the war, Broșteanu filled several key positions in the Army, such as commander of the Border Guards Corps (1922–1929) and General-Inspector of the Infantry (1929–1930). He retired from active duty on October 1, 1930.
Ernest Broșteanu was born in Roman on January 24, 1869.