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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:Mesopotamia Campaign|Mesopotamia Campaign]]
|date=7 December 1915- 29 April 1916
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kut Kut-Al-Amara], Iraq
|presidency=not in British India
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=32.514722,45.818891&z=12&t=h&hl=en 32.514722°N 45.818891°E]
|result=British surrender
|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]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colmar_Freiherr_von_der_Goltz Baron von der Goltz]
|strength1=15,137 garrison
|strength2= 31,000-41,000 troops
|casualties1=1,025 killed<br>803 died of disease or missing <br>13,309 captured
|casualties2=
}}
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 and 7,000 captured soldiers died on the march north through the desert.
== External links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamian_Campaign Mesopotamian Campaign] 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://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
[[Category:Battles|Kut, Siege of]]
[[Category:Mesopotamia Campaign|Kut, Siege of]]
[[Category:First World War|Kut, Siege of]]
|partof=[[:Category:Mesopotamia Campaign|Mesopotamia Campaign]]
|date=7 December 1915- 29 April 1916
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kut Kut-Al-Amara], Iraq
|presidency=not in British India
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=32.514722,45.818891&z=12&t=h&hl=en 32.514722°N 45.818891°E]
|result=British surrender
|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]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colmar_Freiherr_von_der_Goltz Baron von der Goltz]
|strength1=15,137 garrison
|strength2= 31,000-41,000 troops
|casualties1=1,025 killed<br>803 died of disease or missing <br>13,309 captured
|casualties2=
}}
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 and 7,000 captured soldiers died on the march north through the desert.
== External links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamian_Campaign Mesopotamian Campaign] 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://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
[[Category:Battles|Kut, Siege of]]
[[Category:Mesopotamia Campaign|Kut, Siege of]]
[[Category:First World War|Kut, Siege of]]
