✦ History

Part of World War I, Mesopotamian campaign

Siege of Kut

December 7, 1915 – April 29, 1916 · Siege of Kut

Result Ottoman victory

The Ottoman Sixth Army besieged Townshend in Kut; relief attempts failed and about 13,000 men surrendered.

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Allies

Central Powers

British Raj
United Kingdom
Ottoman Empire
Charles Townshend military commander Harold Courtenay Armstrong military commander
Sakallı Nureddin Paşa military commander Halil Kut military commander Kâzım Karabekir military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
25,000–80,000
Casualties
10,000

Units

Indian Expeditionary Force D 6th (Poona) Division
Iraq Area Command (Ottoman Empire) Modern Ottoman Army Sixth Army (Ottoman Empire)