Battle of Sharqat

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The Battle of Sharqat was a late World War I engagement in October 1918 in Mesopotamia, where British and Indian forces defeated the Ottoman army, leading to the surrender of Mosul and the collapse of Ottoman control in the region.

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Battle of Sharqat canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Sharqat (1918) ⓘ
belligerent British Empire ⓘ
British Indian Army ⓘ
German Empire (advisers) ⓘ
linked to: German Empire

Ottoman Empire ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
campaignCommander William Marshall ⓘ
casualties British and Indian forces suffered relatively light casualties ⓘ
Ottoman forces suffered heavy casualties and prisoners ⓘ
chronology one of the final Allied offensives against the Ottoman Empire in World War I ⓘ
commander Alexander Cobbe ⓘ
William Marshall ⓘ
İsmail Hakkı Bey ⓘ
İsmail Hakkı Kut ⓘ
linked to: İsmail Hakkı Bey
conflict World War I ⓘ
countryAtTime Ottoman Empire ⓘ
date 1918-10-23 ⓘ
endDate 1918-10-30 ⓘ
followedBy Armistice of Mudros ⓘ
occupation of Mosul ⓘ
front Middle Eastern Front ⓘ
linked to: Caucasus front
location Tigris River region ⓘ
near Sharqat, Mesopotamia ⓘ
opposingForce British Tigris Corps ⓘ
Ottoman 6th Army ⓘ
outcome British forces advanced to and occupied Mosul ⓘ
Ottoman 6th Army capitulated ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman 6th Army
partOf Mesopotamian campaign ⓘ
Middle Eastern theatre of World War I ⓘ
precededBy Fall of Baghdad (1917) ⓘ
region modern-day Iraq ⓘ
relatedEvent Armistice of Mudros (1918) ⓘ
linked to: Armistice of Mudros
relatedPlace Baghdad ⓘ
Mosul ⓘ
result British victory ⓘ
collapse of Ottoman control in northern Mesopotamia ⓘ
defeat of Ottoman forces ⓘ
surrender of Mosul ⓘ
significance contributed to the disintegration of Ottoman authority in Mesopotamia ⓘ
last major action of the Mesopotamian campaign in World War I ⓘ
strategicObjective elimination of Ottoman 6th Army ⓘ
seizure of Mosul oil fields ⓘ
strength about 18,000 British and Indian troops ⓘ
about 7,000–8,000 Ottoman troops ⓘ
theatre Mesopotamia ⓘ

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Ottoman 6th Army → notableBattle → Battle of Sharqat ⓘ