Vice President Fuat Oktay celebrated the 106th anniversary of Historic victory for the Ottoman army over British forces during World War I on Friday.
I salute all our martyrs who They wrote their names in This is amazing heroic epic with Grace and gratitude on 106 . anniversary of triumph kot architecture, one of Glorious victories in To us history, Fouad Aktay said on Twitter.
Historic Siege of kot architecture a key First World War battleis over on April 29, 1916, with victory of ottoman forces over british indian forces in City of Kut, which is now in Modern Iraq.
on one a hundred years ago, on April 29, 1916, a British Indian garrison was set up down Their weapons for the Ottoman forces were fighting in City of Cote architecture.
The city It was key step for a force of 13,000 British and Indian soldiers march under Major General Charles Townsend toward Baghdad, a target about 160 kilometers (99.4 miles) northwest along the Tigris River.
Ottoman forces surrounded them at Kut, and after a siege that lasted nearly five months, Townsend surrendered.
It was the Ottoman Empire secondThe biggest victory in World War I after the battle of Gallipoli (Canakkale).
Chronicle of win over
Ottoman forces united under the Sixth Army. Marshal Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz was appointed head of ottoman iraqi army on October 5, 1915, and thereafter, serving on Russian Front Colonel Khalil Bey Yammine group Leader of The Third Army was sent to the Iraqi front with Two squads under his command on October 9, 1915.
Later on, the British forces captured Kut Al-Amarah on December 3, 1915, but the attempt of British forces to save Kut failed. They lost 4000 soldiers in battle of Sheikh Saad on January 6-8, 1916. Hand of Nureddin Pasha over It is up to Khalil Pasha.
Soon, the British army was repulsed with Loss of 1600 men In the battle of January 13 of And lost 2,700 others men In the battle of January 21 of Hannah.
The British attacked Khalil Pasha’s Thirteenth Corps at Sabis but withdrew with 3500 victims on March 8, 1916. After that, Khalil Pasha was appointed head of The Iraqi army after the death of Goltz Pasha of typhus on April 19, 1916.
Ottoman forces captured the British steamer resupply ship, Gulnar, on April 24, 1916. After that, the British surrendered on April 29, 1916.
Despite this decisive victory, the subsequent actions in The Mesopotamian campaign saw the success of British forces in advancing north up Until Mosul while the Ottoman forces also He suffered severe setbacks in Palestinian Front.
Vice President Fuat Oktay celebrated the 106th anniversary of Historic victory for the Ottoman army over British forces during World War I on Friday.
I salute all our martyrs who They wrote their names in This is amazing heroic epic with Grace and gratitude on 106 . anniversary of triumph kot architecture, one of Glorious victories in To us history, Fouad Aktay said on Twitter.
Historic Siege of kot architecture a key First World War battleis over on April 29, 1916, with victory of ottoman forces over british indian forces in City of Kut, which is now in Modern Iraq.
on one a hundred years ago, on April 29, 1916, a British Indian garrison was set up down Their weapons for the Ottoman forces were fighting in City of Cote architecture.
The city It was key step for a force of 13,000 British and Indian soldiers march under Major General Charles Townsend toward Baghdad, a target about 160 kilometers (99.4 miles) northwest along the Tigris River.
Ottoman forces surrounded them at Kut, and after a siege that lasted nearly five months, Townsend surrendered.
It was the Ottoman Empire secondThe biggest victory in World War I after the battle of Gallipoli (Canakkale).
Chronicle of win over
Ottoman forces united under the Sixth Army. Marshal Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz was appointed head of ottoman iraqi army on October 5, 1915, and thereafter, serving on Russian Front Colonel Khalil Bey Yammine group Leader of The Third Army was sent to the Iraqi front with Two squads under his command on October 9, 1915.
Later on, the British forces captured Kut Al-Amarah on December 3, 1915, but the attempt of British forces to save Kut failed. They lost 4000 soldiers in battle of Sheikh Saad on January 6-8, 1916. Hand of Nureddin Pasha over It is up to Khalil Pasha.
Soon, the British army was repulsed with Loss of 1600 men In the battle of January 13 of And lost 2,700 others men In the battle of January 21 of Hannah.
The British attacked Khalil Pasha’s Thirteenth Corps at Sabis but withdrew with 3500 victims on March 8, 1916. After that, Khalil Pasha was appointed head of The Iraqi army after the death of Goltz Pasha of typhus on April 19, 1916.
Ottoman forces captured the British steamer resupply ship, Gulnar, on April 24, 1916. After that, the British surrendered on April 29, 1916.
Despite this decisive victory, the subsequent actions in The Mesopotamian campaign saw the success of British forces in advancing north up Until Mosul while the Ottoman forces also He suffered severe setbacks in Palestinian Front.