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Indian Expeditionary Force D

Army · British Raj · from October 16, 1914

The British Indian army in Mesopotamia, which under Stanley Maude took Baghdad in 1917.

Recorded for World War I.

Sub-units 1

6th (Poona) Division division

Engagements 3

Battle of Ctesiphon (1915) November 22–25, 1915
Siege of Kut December 7, 1915 – April 29, 1916
Battle of Sharqat October 23–30, 1918

Movements

November 22, 1914 – November 30, 1915 Takes Basra · map
January 7, 1916 – April 29, 1916 Fails to relieve Kut (Siege of Kut) · map
March 11, 1917 – October 22, 1918 Takes Baghdad · map
October 30, 1918 Takes the Ottoman Sixth Army's surrender (Battle of Sharqat) · map

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