What the records say
- When
- 13 Jan 1916
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 33.09° N, 43.26° E
- Location
- Hanna defile, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) east of Sheikh Sa'ad, Mesopotamia, present-day Iraq
- Outcome
- Ottoman victory
- Belligerents
- Ottoman Empire, German Empire (military commanders) vs British Empire, India, United Kingdom
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
Battle of Wadi (1916)
1916 siege
The Battle of Wadi, occurring on 13 January 1916, was an unsuccessful attempt by British forces fighting in Ottoman Iraq during World War I to relieve beleaguered forces under Sir Charles Townshend then under siege by the Ottoman Sixth Army at Kut-al-Amara.
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