Battle of Kut

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The Battle of Kut was a major World War I siege in Mesopotamia where Ottoman forces surrounded and ultimately forced the surrender of a British-Indian garrison, marking one of the British Empire’s most significant defeats in the Middle Eastern campaign.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Siege of Kut	5
Fall of Kut (1916)	2
siege of Kut	2
Second Battle of Kut	1
Siege of Kut (1916)	1
surrender at Kut-al-Amara	1

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Battle of Ctesiphon (1915) → followedBy → Battle of Kut ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siege of Kut

Kut → hasHistoricalEvent → Battle of Kut ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siege of Kut

Indian Expeditionary Force D → notableBattle → Battle of Kut ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siege of Kut

Middle Eastern theatre of World War I → notableBattle → Battle of Kut ⓘ

Middle Eastern theatre of World War I → notableBattle → Battle of Kut ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Battle of Kut

Ottoman 6th Army → notableBattle → Battle of Kut ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siege of Kut

Ottoman 6th Army → notableBattle → Battle of Kut ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fall of Kut (1916)

British Indian Army 6th (Poona) Division → notableEngagement → Battle of Kut ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siege of Kut

British Indian Army 6th (Poona) Division → notableEvent → Battle of Kut ⓘ

this entity surface form: surrender at Kut-al-Amara

Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend → notableFor → Battle of Kut ⓘ

this entity surface form: siege of Kut

Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend → participatedIn → Battle of Kut ⓘ

this entity surface form: siege of Kut

Capture of Baghdad (1917) → precededBy → Battle of Kut ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siege of Kut (1916)

Capture of Baghdad (1917) → precededBy → Battle of Kut ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fall of Kut (1916)