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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.
The British suffered 23,000 casualties trying to relieve Kut and . 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 7,000 captured soldiers died on the march north through the desert423 survived.
== External links ==
[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://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
