Battle of Ramadi
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| Battle of Ramadi | |||||||
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| Part of Mesopotamian Campaign (World War I) |
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| British Empire | Ottoman Empire | ||||||
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| Frederick Stanley Maude | ? | ||||||
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| One division | 5,000 | ||||||
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| ? | ? | ||||||
| Mesopotamian Campaign |
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| 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 Ramadi was fought in central Iraq late in September 1917 between the British and the Ottomans; it was part of the Mesopotamian Campaign in World War I.
A British division was sent to the town of Ramadi, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) west of Baghdad on the Euphrates River, where an important Ottoman garrison was quartered. A defeat of that garrison would allow the British further advance along the river.
The attack began on September 28, 1917, on the East Bank of the Euphrates. Although the Ottomans expected an enemy assault, the British made ample use of armored cars, which the defenders of the town were not ready to fight against, and the Ottoman garrison was quickly outflanked and surrounded. After a nocturnal escape attempt was thwarted by the British cavalry, the Ottoman forces surrendered in the morning of September 29.
The British maneuver had been especially effective, and Ramadi was conquered quickly and with fewer-than-usual casualties.
[edit] External references
- Battle of Ramadi, 1917, at FirstWorldWar.com
- Battle of Ramadi, 1917, at SchoolsHistory.com
- Battle of Ramadi, at The Western Front Association
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