The Battle of Ctesiphon was fought in November 1915 by the British Empire and British India, against the Ottoman Empire, within the Mesopotamian Campaign of World War I. British Expeditionary Force D, mostly made up of Indian units and under the command of Gen. Sir John Nixon, had met with success in Mesopotamia since landing at Al Faw upon the Ottoman Empire's Declaration of War on November 5, 1914.

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  • 1915-11-22 (xsd:date)
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  • 4,600
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  • British Empire
    * British India
  • Ottoman Empire
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  • tactically inconclusive, strategic Ottoman victory
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  • 11,000 troops,
    2 warships
  • 18,000 troops
  • 52 guns
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  • 4,600
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  • British Empire
    * British India
  • Ottoman Empire
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  • 1915-11-22 (xsd:date)
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  • tactically inconclusive, strategic Ottoman victory
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  • The Battle of Ctesiphon was fought in November 1915 by the British Empire and British India, against the Ottoman Empire, within the Mesopotamian Campaign of World War I. British Expeditionary Force D, mostly made up of Indian units and under the command of Gen. Sir John Nixon, had met with success in Mesopotamia since landing at Al Faw upon the Ottoman Empire's Declaration of War on November 5, 1914. One of the primary reasons for initiating the campaign in Mesopotamia was to defend the oil refinery at Abadan at the mouth of the Shatt al-Arab. Adopting a forward defence policy, the British army under General Townshend fought off a series of small Turkish forces. Then after a year of a string of defeats, the Turks were able to halt the British advance in two days of hard fighting at Ctesiphon.
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  • British advance towards Baghdad, 1915.
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  • 4,600 Griffiths William R., The Great War: The West Point Military History Series, Square One Publishers, Inc. p. 91 "The day's battle cost Townshend 4,600 casualties and Nur-ud-Din 9,500."David F. Burg & L. Edward Purcell, Almanac of World War I, University Press of Kentucky, p. 90 "After two days of futile efforts to dislodge the Turks at Ctesiphon, Townshend concedes failure and orders a withdrawal to Lajj. His total casualties number nearly forty-six hundred; the Turks, nearly sixty-two hundred."
  • 6,200 Erickson Edward J., Ordered to Die: a history of the Ottoman army in the first World War, Greenwood Press, p. 113-114 "He [Townshend] thereupon made the fateful decision to withdraw his force back downstream to Kut al Amara. The final Turkish casualty figures were put at 6,188 killed and wounded, earlier estimates having been found to be exaggerated." to 9,500
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  • Battle of Ctesiphon
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  • 22 November, 1915 - 25 November, 1915
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  • tactically inconclusive, strategic Ottoman victory
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  • 11,000 troops, 2 warships
  • 18,000 troops, 52 guns
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  • The Battle of Ctesiphon was fought in November 1915 by the British Empire and British India, against the Ottoman Empire, within the Mesopotamian Campaign of World War I. British Expeditionary Force D, mostly made up of Indian units and under the command of Gen. Sir John Nixon, had met with success in Mesopotamia since landing at Al Faw upon the Ottoman Empire's Declaration of War on November 5, 1914.
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