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Defeated at Ctesiphon, the British were forced to retreat to Kut which General Townshend was ordered to hold. Several attempts were made to relieve him but, when negotiations failed, unconditional surrender was the final outcome.
Defeated at Ctesiphon, the British were forced to retreat to Kut which General Townshend was ordered to hold. Several attempts were made to relieve him but, when negotiations failed, unconditional surrender was the final outcome.


The British suffered 23,000 casualties trying to relieve Kut and 7,000 captured soldiers died on the march north through the desert.
The British suffered 23,000 casualties trying to relieve Kut. The 200-odd captured officers were sent to Baghdad by boat. The other ranks were made to walk. 2,592 British enlisted men were captured of whom only 837 survived. 10,486 Indian enlisted men were captured of whom 7,423 survived.


== External links ==
== External links ==
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Kut Siege of Kut] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Kut Siege of Kut] Wikipedia<br>
[http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/siegeofkut.htm Siege of Kut] www.firstworldwar.com<br>
[http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/siegeofkut.htm Siege of Kut] www.firstworldwar.com<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XRxeNXlwhEoC&pg=PA237&dq=British+prisoners+at+Kut&as_brr=3&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false Garrison numbers] Google Books
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XRxeNXlwhEoC&pg=PA237&dq=British+prisoners+at+Kut&as_brr=3&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false Garrison numbers] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cVet6ieBFv8C&pg=PA104&dq=British+prisoners+at+Kut&lr=&as_brr=3&cd=12#v=onepage&q=British%20prisoners%20at%20Kut&f=false The fate of the prisoners] Google Books





Revision as of 16:48, 14 June 2010

Siege of Kut
Part of Mesopotamia Campaign
Date: 7 December 1915- 29 April 1916
Location: Kut-Al-Amara, Iraq
Presidency: not in British India
Co-ordinates: 32.514722°N 45.818891°E
Result: British surrender
Combatants
United Kingdom Ottoman Empire
Commanders
Major General Charles Townshend Colonel Nureddin
Baron von der Goltz
Strength
15,137 garrison 31,000-41,000 troops
Casualties
1,025 killed
803 died of disease or missing
13,309 captured

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

Synopsis

Defeated at Ctesiphon, the British were forced to retreat to Kut which General Townshend was ordered to hold. Several attempts were made to relieve him but, when negotiations failed, unconditional surrender was the final outcome.

The British suffered 23,000 casualties trying to relieve Kut. The 200-odd captured officers were sent to Baghdad by boat. The other ranks were made to walk. 2,592 British enlisted men were captured of whom only 837 survived. 10,486 Indian enlisted men were captured of whom 7,423 survived.

External links

Mesopotamian Campaign Wikipedia
Siege of Kut Wikipedia
Siege of Kut www.firstworldwar.com
Garrison numbers Google Books
The fate of the prisoners Google Books