Battle of Qurna (1914)

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The Battle of Qurna (1914) was an early World War I engagement in Mesopotamia in which British and Indian forces secured a strategic victory over the Ottoman Empire near the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

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Generate an image of the Battle of Qurna (1914) (The Battle of Qurna (1914) was an early World War I engagement in Mesopotamia in which British and Indian forces secured a strategic victory over the Ottoman Empire near the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.)

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Battle of Qurna (1914) canonical 4
First Battle of Qurna 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs First Battle of Qurna ⓘ
belligerent British Empire ⓘ
British Indian Army ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Ottoman Iraq garrison ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
campaign British campaign in Mesopotamia ⓘ
commander Charles Irwin Fry ⓘ
Süleyman Askerî Bey ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
countryAtTime Ottoman Empire ⓘ
date 1914 ⓘ
endDate 1914-12-09 ⓘ
followedBy advance up the Tigris toward Amara ⓘ
front Mesopotamian front ⓘ
linked to: Tigris Front
involvedForce British Indian Expeditionary Force D ⓘ
locatedNear Euphrates River ⓘ
linked to: Euphrates

Tigris River ⓘ
linked to: Tigris

confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates ⓘ
location Mesopotamia ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Qurna ⓘ
notableFor early British success in Mesopotamia ⓘ
securing a strategic river junction ⓘ
objective secure communications along the Shatt al-Arab ⓘ
secure confluence of Tigris and Euphrates ⓘ
opponent Ottoman 38th Division ⓘ
outcome Ottoman withdrawal from Qurna ⓘ
occupation of Qurna by British and Indian forces ⓘ
partOf Mesopotamian campaign ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Basra (1914) ⓘ
presentDayLocation Iraq ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
British victory ⓘ
startDate 1914-12-03 ⓘ
strategicSignificance protected British interests in the Persian Gulf ⓘ
secured British control of lower Mesopotamia ⓘ
secured approaches to Basra ⓘ
theatre Middle Eastern theatre of World War I ⓘ
typeOfEngagement riverine operation ⓘ
used artillery ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
river gunboats ⓘ
year 1914 ⓘ

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Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) → notableBattle → Battle of Qurna (1914) ⓘ
Battle of Qurna (1914) → alsoKnownAs → First Battle of Qurna ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Qurna (1914)
Battle of Shaiba (1915) → precededBy → Battle of Qurna (1914) ⓘ
Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force → engagement → Battle of Qurna (1914) ⓘ
Battle of Basra (1914) → followedBy → Battle of Qurna (1914) ⓘ