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Revision as of 20:13, 13 June 2010

Battle of Ctesiphon
Part of Mesopotamia Campaign
Date: 22-24 November 1915
Location: Al Madain, Iraq
Presidency: not in British India
Co-ordinates: 33.093613°N 44.580556°E
Result: British defeat
Combatants
United Kingdom Ottoman Empire
Commanders
Major General Charles Townshend Colonel Nureddin
Strength
Casualties

This event is part of the Mesopotamia Campaign in the First World War

Synopsis

After a string of defeats the Turks were able to halt the British advance south of Baghdad.

External links

Mesopotamian Campaign Wikipedia
Battle of Ctesiphon Wikipedia