Battle of Dujaila

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Mesopotamian Campaign
Fao Landing – Basra – Qurna – Es Sinn – Ctesiphon – Umm-at-Tubal –1st Kut –Shiekh Sa'ad – Wadi – Hanna – Dujaila – 2nd Kut – Baghdad – Samarrah Offensive – Jebel Hamlin – Istabulat – Ramadi – Sharqat

The Battle of Dujaila was fought on March 8, 1916, between British and Ottoman forces. The Ottoman forces, led by Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz were besieging Kut, when the British, led by Fenton Aylmer, attempted to relieve the city. The attempt failed, and General Aylmer lost 4,000 men.