Battle of Ctesiphon (1915)
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The Battle of Ctesiphon was fought in November 1915 by the British Empire, against the Ottoman Empire, within the Mesopotamian Campaign of World War I.
British advance towards Baghdad, 1915.
Advance and retreat from Ctesiphon, 1915.
Major-General Sir Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend, was a British marine and later soldier who led an overreaching military campaign in Mesopotamia during World War I. His troops were besieged and captu
Battle of Ctesiphon (1915)
…in Mesopotamia was to defend the oil refinery at Abadan at the mouth of the Shatt al-Arab. Adopting a forward defence policy, the British army under General Townshend fought off a series of small Ottoman forces. Then after a year of a string of defeats, the Ottoman forces were able to halt the British advance in two…
Major General Townshend, Turkish regional governor Halil Kut and unidentified officers after the siege of Kut, 1916.