British Indian Army 6th (Poona) Division

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The British Indian Army 6th (Poona) Division was a World War I infantry division of the British Indian Army that fought primarily in the Middle Eastern theatre, notably suffering a major defeat and siege at Kut in Mesopotamia.

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Generate an image of British Indian Army 6th (Poona) Division (The British Indian Army 6th (Poona) Division was a World War I infantry division of the British Indian Army that fought primarily in the Middle Eastern theatre, notably suffering a major defeat and siege at Kut in Mesopotamia.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Indian Army formation ⓘ
infantry division ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
allegiance British Empire ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 6th (Poona) Division ⓘ
Poona Division ⓘ
associatedWith Kut-al-Amara ⓘ
Tigris Front ⓘ
branch infantry ⓘ
campaign Mesopotamian campaign of World War I ⓘ
category British Indian Army divisions ⓘ
Indian World War I divisions ⓘ
commandStructure Indian Expeditionary Force D ⓘ
composedOf British regiments ⓘ
Indian regiments ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
country British India ⓘ
engagedAgainst Ottoman Empire forces ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Army
era early 20th century ⓘ
fate surrendered to Ottoman forces at Kut ⓘ
garrison Poona ⓘ
linked to: Pune
geographicFocus Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) ⓘ
linked to: Mesopotamia
historicalPeriod First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I
notableEngagement Battle of Ctesiphon (1915) ⓘ
Siege of Kut ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Kut

advance on Baghdad (1915) ⓘ
notableEvent surrender at Kut-al-Amara ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Kut
notableFor heavy casualties in Mesopotamia ⓘ
long siege at Kut ⓘ
notableOutcome loss of most of the division as prisoners of war at Kut ⓘ
operatedUnder British Indian Army General Headquarters ⓘ
partOf British Indian Army ⓘ
primaryFront Mesopotamia ⓘ
raisedBy British Indian Army ⓘ
role field division ⓘ
service overseas service outside India ⓘ
suffered major defeat at Kut ⓘ
theatreOfOperations Mesopotamian campaign ⓘ
Middle Eastern theatre of World War I ⓘ
type infantry formation ⓘ

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Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) → involvedMilitaryUnit → British Indian Army 6th (Poona) Division ⓘ
British Indian Army 6th (Poona) Division → alsoKnownAs → 6th (Poona) Division ⓘ
linked to: British Indian Army 6th (Poona) Division
Battle of Ctesiphon (1915) → involvedUnit → 6th (Poona) Division ⓘ
linked to: British Indian Army 6th (Poona) Division
Battle of Shaiba (1915) → involves → British Indian Army 6th (Poona) Division ⓘ
Poona Division → category → British Indian Army divisions ⓘ
linked to: British Indian Army 6th (Poona) Division
Charles Townshend → commanded → 6th (Poona) Division ⓘ
subject linked to: Major-General Charles Townshend
linked to: British Indian Army 6th (Poona) Division
Battle of Shaiba → involvedUnit → 6th (Poona) Division ⓘ
linked to: British Indian Army 6th (Poona) Division