Siege of Kut Kut-el-Amara [The siege of Kut Al Amara (7 December 1915 – 29 April 1916), also known as the first battle of Kut, was the besieging of an 8,000 strong British Army garrison in the town of Kut, 160 km (100 mi) south of Baghdad, by the Ottoman Army. In 1915, its population was around 6,500. Following the surrender of the garrison on 29 April 1916, the survivors of the siege were marched to imprisonment at Aleppo, during which many died.[4] Historian Christopher Catherwood has called the siege "the worst defeat of the Allies in World War I ] from the book The story of the great war;
Siege of Kut Kut-el-Amara [The siege of Kut Al Amara (7 December 1915 – 29 April 1916), also known as the first battle of Kut, was the besieging of an 8,000 strong British Army garrison in the town of Kut, 160 km (100 mi) south of Baghdad, by the Ottoman Army. In 1915, its population was around 6,500. Following the surrender of the garrison on 29 April 1916, the survivors of the siege were marched to imprisonment at Aleppo, during which many died.[4] Historian Christopher Catherwood has called the siege "the worst defeat of the Allies in World War I ] from the book The story of the great war; the complete historical records of events to date DIPLOMATIC AND STATE PAPERS by Reynolds, Francis Joseph, 1867-1937; Churchill, Allen Leon; Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959; Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927; Knight, Austin Melvin, 1854-1927; Palmer, Frederick, 1873-1958; Simonds, Frank Herbert, 1878-; Ruhl, Arthur Brown, 1876- Volume V Published 1916
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