Kut-el-Amara

Chronological events that took place in Kut-el-Amara.

• 1916
  • 2 January – Shelled by the Turks.
  • 4 January – Relief expedition sets out for.
  • 21 January – Failure of attacks on Um-el-Hannah.
  • 8 March – Turkish right flanks and Dujailah Redoubt unsuccessfully attacked by the British.
  • 22 April – Failure of final British attack on Sannan-i-Yat.
  • 24 April – The steamer Julnar fails to break blockade of.
  • 29 April – Surrenders to the Turks.
  • 22 December – British positions south and east are consolidated; Turkish position south-west is bombarded.

References/notes

Source: Lord Edward Gleichen (1918–1920). Chronology of the War. Volumes I, II & III. Constable & Company, London. (Copyright expired)