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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:Mesopotamia Campaign|Mesopotamia Campaign]]
|date=10 November 1914
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basra Basra], Iraq
|presidency=not in British India
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=30.499999,47.816657&z=10&t=h&hl=en 30.499999°N 47.816657°E]
|result=British captured the city
|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 landing at Fao the British advanced on Basra. The Turks withdrew leaving only a few hundred defenders which were defeated and the city occupied.
== External links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamian_Campaign Mesopotamian Campaign] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Basra_(1914) Battle of Basra] Wikipedia<br>
[[Category:Battles|Basra, Battle of]]
[[Category:Mesopotamia Campaign|Basra, Battle of]]
[[Category:First World War|Basra, Battle of]]
|partof=[[:Category:Mesopotamia Campaign|Mesopotamia Campaign]]
|date=10 November 1914
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basra Basra], Iraq
|presidency=not in British India
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=30.499999,47.816657&z=10&t=h&hl=en 30.499999°N 47.816657°E]
|result=British captured the city
|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 landing at Fao the British advanced on Basra. The Turks withdrew leaving only a few hundred defenders which were defeated and the city occupied.
== External links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamian_Campaign Mesopotamian Campaign] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Basra_(1914) Battle of Basra] Wikipedia<br>
[[Category:Battles|Basra, Battle of]]
[[Category:Mesopotamia Campaign|Basra, Battle of]]
[[Category:First World War|Basra, Battle of]]
