What the records say
- When
- 23 Oct 1918 – 30 Oct 1918
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 33.09° N, 43.26° E
- Location
- North of Baghdad, present-day Iraq
- Outcome
- British–Indian–Assyrian victory
- Belligerents
- Ottoman Empire vs British Empire, India, Assyrian volunteers
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
Battle of Sharqat
1918 battle in present-day Iraq
The Battle of Sharqat was fought between the British and the Ottoman Empire in the Mesopotamian Campaign during World War I. It was the last battle fought in Ottoman Iraq during the First World War and one of the final conflicts between the British Empire and the Ottoman Empire.
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