Battle of Basra

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Basra was a key World War I engagement in Mesopotamia in 1914, where British and Indian forces captured the strategically important port city of Basra from the Ottoman Empire.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Basra canonical	1
Battle of Es Sinn (Mesopotamia)	1

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Basra campaign (1914) NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	British Empire ⓘ British Indian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
campaignGoal	secure lower Mesopotamia for the British Empire ⓘ
combatant	Indian Expeditionary Force D NERFINISHED ⓘ
commander	Arthur Barrett NERFINISHED ⓘ Süleyman Askerî NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ
countryInvolved	British India NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
date	1914 ⓘ
endDate	1914-11-22 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Qurna NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvedBranch	British Indian Army infantry units ⓘ Royal Navy support in the Persian Gulf ⓘ
location	Basra NERFINISHED ⓘ Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	early British success in Mesopotamia during World War I ⓘ
objective	capture Basra from the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
opponentForces	Ottoman irregular forces ⓘ Ottoman regular troops ⓘ
partOf	British campaign in Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ Mesopotamian campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Fao NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Shatt al-Arab waterway NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	British victory ⓘ capture of Basra by British and Indian forces ⓘ
startDate	1914-11-11 ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of port city of Basra ⓘ protection of British oil interests in the Persian Gulf ⓘ securing communications and supply lines in Mesopotamia ⓘ
territorialChange	Basra occupied by British forces ⓘ
theatre	Middle Eastern theatre of World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ
year	1914 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indian Expeditionary Force D → notableBattle → Battle of Basra ⓘ

Battle of Es Sinn → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Basra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Es Sinn (Mesopotamia)