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Battle of Ctesiphon

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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:Mesopotamia Campaign|Mesopotamia Campaign]]
|date=22-24 November 1915
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Mada%27in Al Madain], Iraq
|presidency=not in British India
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=33.093613,44.580556&z=13&t=h&hl=en 33.093613°N 44.580556°E]
|result=British defeat
|territory=
|combatant1=United Kingdom
|combatant2=Ottoman Empire
|commander1= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Vere_Ferrers_Townshend Major General Charles Townshend]
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nureddin_Pasha Colonel Nureddin
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}

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 ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamian_Campaign Mesopotamian Campaign] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ctesiphon_(1915) Battle of Ctesiphon ] Wikipedia<br>


[[Category:Battles|Ctesiphon, Battle of]]
[[Category:Mesopotamia Campaign|Ctesiphon, Battle of]]
[[Category:First World War|Ctesiphon, Battle of]]

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