Battle of Ctesiphon

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The Battle of Ctesiphon was a major World War I engagement in November 1915 near the ancient city of Ctesiphon in Mesopotamia, where British-Indian forces clashed with the Ottoman army in a costly and indecisive fight that halted the British advance toward Baghdad.

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Battle of Ctesiphon canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Action of Ctesiphon ⓘ
belligerent British Empire ⓘ
British Indian Army ⓘ
India under British rule ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
campaign Iraq campaign of World War I ⓘ
campaignGoal secure Mesopotamian oil and communications ⓘ
casualtiesAndLosses heavy British-Indian casualties ⓘ
heavy Ottoman casualties ⓘ
combatantStrength British-Indian force of roughly 11,000–13,000 men ⓘ
Ottoman force of roughly 18,000–20,000 men ⓘ
commander Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend ⓘ
Khalil Pasha ⓘ
Nureddin Pasha ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
countryAtTime Ottoman Empire ⓘ
date November 22–25, 1915 ⓘ
followedBy Fall of Kut ⓘ
Siege of Kut ⓘ
fortifications Ottoman defensive lines near Ctesiphon ⓘ
front Mesopotamian front ⓘ
location Mesopotamia ⓘ
near Ctesiphon ⓘ
present-day Iraq ⓘ
near ancient city of Ctesiphon ⓘ
linked to: Ctesiphon
notableConsequence retreat of Townshend’s force to Kut ⓘ
start of prolonged siege at Kut ⓘ
objective capture of Baghdad ⓘ
outcome halt of British advance toward Baghdad ⓘ
partOf British advance on Baghdad ⓘ
Mesopotamian campaign ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Es Sinn ⓘ
primaryOpposingForces British-Indian 6th (Poona) Division vs Ottoman Sixth Army ⓘ
result inconclusive ⓘ
strategic Ottoman success ⓘ
tactical stalemate ⓘ
river Tigris River ⓘ
linked to: Tigris
strategicSignificance checked British ambitions toward Baghdad in 1915 ⓘ
terrain flat desert plain near the Tigris ⓘ
theatre Middle Eastern theatre of World War I ⓘ
typeOfEngagement set-piece battle ⓘ
weaponry artillery ⓘ
machine guns ⓘ
rifles ⓘ
year 1915 ⓘ

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Indian Expeditionary Force D → notableBattle → Battle of Ctesiphon ⓘ
Battle of Kut → precededBy → Battle of Ctesiphon ⓘ