Battle of Kut

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The Battle of Kut was a major World War I siege in Mesopotamia where Ottoman forces surrounded and ultimately forced the surrender of a British-Indian garrison, marking one of the British Empire’s most significant defeats in the Middle Eastern campaign.

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instanceOf battle
siege
alsoKnownAs Battle of Kut
surface form: Siege of Kut

Battle of Kut
surface form: Siege of Kut-al-Amara
associatedWith Tigris River operations
belligerent British Empire
British Indian Army
German Empire (advisers)
campaign Mesopotamian campaign (World War I)
surface form: British Mesopotamian campaign
casualties heavy casualties on British-Indian side
significant casualties on Ottoman side
commanderForBritishSide Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend
commanderForOttomanSide Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz
Halil Pasha
conflictOf World War I
countryInvolved British India
Ottoman Empire
United Kingdom
endDate 1916-04-29
followedBy Second Battle of Kut
front Tigris Front
surface form: Mesopotamian front
garrisonComposition British troops
Indian troops
garrisonStrength approximately 13,000 troops
historicalPeriod 1910s
involvedForces Indian Expeditionary Force D
location Kut-al-Amara
Mesopotamia
present-day Iraq
militaryTheatre Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
surface form: Ottoman Empire in World War I
notableAspect prolonged siege conditions for the garrison
notableFor large-scale surrender of British and Indian forces
one of the worst defeats of the British Empire in World War I
outcome surrender of British-Indian garrison
partOf Mesopotamian campaign (World War I)
surface form: Mesopotamian campaign

Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
precededBy Battle of Ctesiphon
prisonersTakenByOttomans thousands of British and Indian soldiers
region Ottoman Iraq
surface form: Ottoman Mesopotamia
result Ottoman victory
startDate 1915-12-07
strategicObjective control of Mesopotamia
strategicSignificance affected British operations towards Baghdad
surrenderDate 1916-04-29
theatre Middle Eastern theatre
typeOfEngagement siege warfare

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Middle Eastern theatre of World War I notableBattle Battle of Kut
this entity surface form: Second Battle of Kut
Kut hasHistoricalEvent Battle of Kut
this entity surface form: Siege of Kut
Capture of Baghdad (1917) precededBy Battle of Kut
this entity surface form: Siege of Kut (1916)
Capture of Baghdad (1917) precededBy Battle of Kut
this entity surface form: Fall of Kut (1916)
Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend notableFor Battle of Kut
this entity surface form: siege of Kut
Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend participatedIn Battle of Kut
this entity surface form: siege of Kut
British Indian Army 6th (Poona) Division notableEngagement Battle of Kut
this entity surface form: Siege of Kut
British Indian Army 6th (Poona) Division notableEvent Battle of Kut
this entity surface form: surrender at Kut-al-Amara
Battle of Ctesiphon (1915) followedBy Battle of Kut
this entity surface form: Siege of Kut
Indian Expeditionary Force D notableBattle Battle of Kut
this entity surface form: Siege of Kut
Ottoman 6th Army notableBattle Battle of Kut
this entity surface form: Siege of Kut
Ottoman 6th Army notableBattle Battle of Kut
this entity surface form: Fall of Kut (1916)
Khalil Pasha notableEvent Battle of Kut
this entity surface form: siege of Kut
Battle of Kut alsoKnownAs Battle of Kut
this entity surface form: Siege of Kut
Battle of Kut alsoKnownAs Battle of Kut
this entity surface form: Siege of Kut-al-Amara
Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force engagement Battle of Kut
this entity surface form: Siege of Kut (1915–1916)
Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force engagement Battle of Kut
this entity surface form: Fall of Kut (1916)
Kut-al-Amara historicallyNotableFor Battle of Kut
this entity surface form: Siege of Kut
Kut-al-Amara eventLocation Battle of Kut
this entity surface form: Siege of Kut
Kut-al-Amara dateOfEvent Battle of Kut
this entity surface form: Siege of Kut (December 1915 – April 1916)
Commander-in-Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force oversawBattle Battle of Kut
this entity surface form: Siege of Kut
13th (Western) Division notableEngagement Battle of Kut
this entity surface form: Siege of Kut
Major-General Charles Townshend notableFor Battle of Kut
subject surface form: Charles Townshend
this entity surface form: siege of Kut