Battle of Sharqat

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The Battle of Sharqat was a late World War I engagement in October 1918 in Mesopotamia, where British and Indian forces defeated the Ottoman army, leading to the surrender of Mosul and the collapse of Ottoman control in the region.

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instanceOf battle
military engagement
alsoKnownAs Battle of Sharqat (1918)
belligerent British Empire
British Indian Army
German Empire (advisers)
linked to: German Empire

Ottoman Empire
United Kingdom
campaignCommander William Marshall
casualties British and Indian forces suffered relatively light casualties
Ottoman forces suffered heavy casualties and prisoners
chronology one of the final Allied offensives against the Ottoman Empire in World War I
commander Alexander Cobbe
William Marshall
İsmail Hakkı Bey
İsmail Hakkı Kut
linked to: İsmail Hakkı Bey
conflict World War I
countryAtTime Ottoman Empire
date 1918-10-23
endDate 1918-10-30
followedBy Armistice of Mudros
occupation of Mosul
front Middle Eastern Front
linked to: Caucasus front
location Tigris River region
near Sharqat, Mesopotamia
opposingForce British Tigris Corps
Ottoman 6th Army
outcome British forces advanced to and occupied Mosul
Ottoman 6th Army capitulated
linked to: Ottoman 6th Army
partOf Mesopotamian campaign
Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
precededBy Fall of Baghdad (1917)
region modern-day Iraq
relatedEvent Armistice of Mudros (1918)
linked to: Armistice of Mudros
relatedPlace Baghdad
Mosul
result British victory
collapse of Ottoman control in northern Mesopotamia
defeat of Ottoman forces
surrender of Mosul
significance contributed to the disintegration of Ottoman authority in Mesopotamia
last major action of the Mesopotamian campaign in World War I
strategicObjective elimination of Ottoman 6th Army
seizure of Mosul oil fields
strength about 18,000 British and Indian troops
about 7,000–8,000 Ottoman troops
theatre Mesopotamia

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Ottoman 6th Army notableBattle Battle of Sharqat