What the records say
- When
- 8 Mar 1916
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 32.51° N, 45.82° E
- Description
- 1916 WWI battle of the Mesopotamian Campaign
- War
- World War I
Battle of Dujaila
1916 WWI battle between British and Ottoman forces in Iraq
The Battle of Dujaila was fought on 8 March 1916, between British and Ottoman forces during the First World War. The Ottoman forces, led by Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz were besieging Kut, when the Anglo-Indian relief force, led by Lieutenant-General Fenton Aylmer, attempted to relieve the city. The attempt failed, and Aylmer lost 3,500 men.
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- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Fenton Aylmer scheitert in der Schlacht von Dujaila mit einem weiteren Versuch, die in Kut eingeschlossenen Truppen zu befreien”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page