Battle

Siege of Kut

7 Dec 1915 – 29 Apr 1916 · 32.51° N, 45.82° E

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When
7 Dec 1915 – 29 Apr 1916
Kind
Battle
Coordinates
32.51° N, 45.82° E
Location
Kut-al-Amara, Mesopotamia (modern Iraq)
Outcome
Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire vs United Kingdom

Siege of Kut

WWI siege

The siege of Kut Al Amara, also known as the first battle of Kut, was the besieging of an 8,000-strong British Indian Army garrison in the town of Kut, 160 km (100 mi) south of Baghdad, by the Ottoman Army. In 1915, its population was around 6,500. Following the surrender of the garrison on 29 April 1916, the survivors of the siege were marched to imprisonment at Aleppo, during which many died.

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