Siege of Kut
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The siege of Kut Al Amara, also known as the first battle of Kut, was the besieging of an 8,000-strong British Indian Army garrison in the town of Kut, 160 km south of Baghdad, by the Ottoman Army. In
Charles Townshend and Halil Pasha after the fall of Kut
Situation at Kut on 28 September 1915
The British Headquarters in Kut
An Indian soldier after the siege of Kut
Fall of Baghdad (1917)
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The fall of Baghdad occurred during the Mesopotamian campaign, fought between the forces of the British Empire and the Ottoman Empire in World War I.
Siege of Kut
…British Indian Army, consisting almost entirely of newly recruited troops from Western India, conquered Kut, Baghdad and other regions in between in the fall of Baghdad. The 6th (Poona) Division of the Indian Army, under Major-General Charles Townshend, had fallen back to the town of Kut after retreating from Ctesiphon…
General Maude's entry into Baghdad, 11 March 1917
Indian troops march into Baghdad, 11 March 1917