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    The siege of Kut Al Amara (7 December 1915 – 29 April 1916), also known as the first battle of Kut, was the besieging of an 8,000 strong British Army garrison...
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    1885–87, Suez Canal, Egypt 1915, Shaiba, Kut al Amara 1915, Ctesiphon, Defence of Kut al Amara, Tigris 1916, Kut al Amara 1917, Baghdad, Mesopotamia 1915–18...
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  • of Qurna Battle of Shaiba Capture of Amara Battle of Nasiriyah Battle of Es Sinn Battle of Ctesiphon Siege of Kut Battle of Sheikh Sa'ad Battle of the...
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    El Mughar, Nebi Samwil, Jerusalem, Tell 'Asur, Megiddo, Sharon, Palestine 1917–18, Basra, Shaiba, Kut al Amara 1915 '17, Ctesiphon, Defence of Kut al...
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    1914–18, Macedonia 1917–18, Megiddo, Sharon, Palestine 1918, Tigris 1916, Kut al Amara 1917, Baghdad, Mesopotamia 1915–18 The Second World War: Ypres-Comines...
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    Bibliography & Index. Barker-Wyatt, Brig. D.A., Jones,Lt.Col. D.L. and Norman,Capt. E.L. 1999. The Royal Bombay Sappers & Miners 1939–1947. The Royal Bombay Sappers...
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    El Mughar, Nebi Samwil, Jerusalem, Jaffa, Tell 'Asur, Megiddo, Sharon, Palestine 1917–18, Shaiba, Kut al Amara 1915 '17, Ctesiphon, Defence of Kut al...
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    casualties. In February food, and hopes were running out for Townshend in Kut-al-Amara. Disease spread rapidly and could not be contained or cured and Townshend...
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  • Patrick's descendants include Major-General Townshend, the "hero of Kut-al-Amara", and Steven Fletcher who was a first quadriplegic Canadian member of...
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    the events leading to enemy capitulation after the bitter 146-day siege at Kut-el-Amara. The battalion was mostly composed of Marathas from the Khandesh...
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    Gallipoli campaign (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Entente. In Mesopotamia, the Ottomans surrounded a British expedition at Kut Al Amara, forcing their surrender in April 1916. Ottoman forces in southern Palestine...
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    Djemal Pasha (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    marshaled a vast army, ultimately led by Halil Kut Pasha, which by the time of the siege of Kut al-Amara numbered 200,000 Turks and Arab auxiliaries. The...
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    List of association football stadiums by country (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Atlanta El nacimiento de dos pasiones on Tiempo de San Juan Estadio Ciudad de Caseros on Copa Argentina.org Racing de Nueva Italia festeja el aniversario...
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    Bey, who was the uncle of Enver Pasha and would defeat the British at Kut al Amara on 29 April 1916. The 1st Expeditionary Force was structurally self-sufficient...
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    took part in the march towards Kut-al-Amara with the intention of capturing it from the Ottomans. The battle for Kut began on 26 September 1915 and raged...
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    Tell'Asur, Megiddo, Sharon, Damascus, Palestine 1917–18, Tigris 1916, Kut al Amara 1917, Baghdad, Mesopotamia 1915–17 The Second World War: Defence of Arras...
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  • on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018. "Relatives of Venezuela's El Junquito siege victims demand release of bodies". Local 10. 17 January 2018. Archived...
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    Kamina, Kemmel, Khan Baghdadi, Kilimanjaro, Kosturino, Krithia, Kut al Amara 1915, Kut al Amara 1917 La Bassée 1914, Landing at Anzac, Landing at Helles, Landing...
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    Gaza, Jerusalem, Tell 'Asur, Palestine 1917–18, Aden, Tigris 1916, Kut al Amara 1917, Baghdad, Mesopotamia 1915–18 Second World War: Defence of Escaut...
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    1915, Rumani, Egypt 1915–16, Gaza, El Mughar, Jerusalem, Jericho, Tell 'Asur, Palestine 1917–18, Defence of Kut al Amara, Sharqat, Mesopotamia 1915–18 Afghanistan...
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    Tigris 1916; Kut al Amara 1917; Mesopotamia 1916–18; East Africa 1914–16. Second World War, 1939–1945: Dunkirk 1940; Djebel Kess Kiss; Gueriat el Atach Ridge;...
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    Mosul (redirect from El-Mōṣul)
    Chaldeans, Scythians, Cimmerians, and Sagartians. Nineveh fell after a siege and bitter house-to-house fighting in 612 BC during the reign of Sin-shar-ishkun...
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  • Damascus, Palestine 1918, Shaiba, Kut-al-Amara 1915, Ctesiphon, Tigris 1916, Mesopotamia 1915–16 Second World War El Mechili, Defence of Tobruk, The Kennels...
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    Minaret of Jami' al-Khaffafin built (approximate date). 1215 – Tomb of Maruf el-Kerkhi built. 1221 – Bab al-Talsim (Talisman gate) built. 1226 - al-Baghdadi...
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    Accordingly the method adopted was that which had been employed in the siege of Kut-el-Amara. The materials were placed in a loosely filled sandbag, bottles...
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    Gallipoli 1915, Egypt 1915–17, Gaza, El Mughar, Jerusalem, Jericho, Tell 'Asur, Palestine 1917–18, Tigris 1916, Kut al Amara 1917, Bagdad, Mesopotamia 1916–18...
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    Armenians from Erzurum were exterminated near Jazirat Ibn ʿUmar by General Halil Kut on 22 September. Kemal Bey continued in the office of kaymakam until 3 November...
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  • Mesopotamian campaign – The Siege of Kut ends with the surrender of British Indian Army forces to the Ottoman Empire at Kut-al-Amara on the Tigris in Basra...
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  • Dujaila in March 1916, which was intended to relieve the British forces in Kut-al-Amara, which was being besieged by Ottoman forces. In the battle, the 1st Manchesters...
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    1914–18, Megiddo, Sharon, Damascus, Palestine, 1918, Tigris, 1916, Kut-el-Amara, 1917, Baghdad, Mesopotamia, 1915–18 Second World War (Ten selected honours...
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