Battle of Dujaila

The Battle of Dujaila (Turkish: SABIS Muharebesi ) was held on March 8, 1916 by British-Indian and Ottoman troops. The battle was a British attempt to relieve the siege of Kut enclosed by troops under Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend.

Prehistory

After the first attempt to free the trapped troops in Kut, had failed, Fenton Aylmer again ventured an attempt to defeat the Ottomans and the besieged troops to come to the rescue. Although he was supported by new soldiers, which is actually the Western Front should be reinforced, he thought still pessimistic about his chances for a successful liberation Townshend and his men. After the setback at the Battle of Hanna he was of the opinion that the relief operation should be canceled. However, the High Command was determined to rid Townshend from the siege.

Then Aylmer was planning an attack on the 25,000 Ottomans held Dujaila. The plan was that Aylmer and his men attacked the Ottomans from the front, while Townshend should fall to the Turks in the back. The attack was relocated on 6 March due to heavy rains, on the 8th of March.

Battle

Aylmer told his troops. A portion was led by Major General George V. Kemball and the other part of Major General Henry D'Urban Keary. The soldiers under Kemball attacked the Turks on March 8 by 10 clock to, but were stopped at noon. The separate part under Keary, who should act separately, then began a second attack. But this missed the chance of a breakthrough when the Ottoman positions were weakest, and was also repulsed. As Townshend learned from the failed attacks, he decided to pull his troops back and dare not attack. This Aylmer had to stop his attempt.

Follow

The British lost about 3,500 soldiers without territorial gain to be able to record, while the Ottomans had to accept only about one third of the British losses.

Swell

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• Battle (Ottoman Empire)
• Battle of World War I ( Mesopotamia Front)
• British Military History
• Conflict in 1916