EVENT INFORMATION

7
Desèmber
1915

Ottoman forces besiege the British-Indian garrison at Kut

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📅 7 Desèmber 1915 📍 Imperio Otomano, India, Irak

Ottoman troops surrounded the British-Indian force at Kut in Mesopotamia after its retreat from Ctesiphon. The siege exposed the cost of an imperial campaign supplied and fought largely by Indian troops. Disease, hunger, and failed relief attempts followed; many prisoners later suffered captivity and death.

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Personanan den e suseso aki

Charles Townshend

Ottoman defenders

Organisashonnan den e Evento aki

Indian Expeditionary Force D

Ottoman Sixth Army