Battle of Qurna (1914)

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World War I battle battle

The Battle of Qurna (1914) was an early World War I engagement in Mesopotamia in which British and Indian forces secured a strategic victory over the Ottoman Empire near the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
First Battle of Qurna	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War I battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Qurna (1914) ⓘ surface form: First Battle of Qurna
belligerent	British Empire ⓘ British Indian Army ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ Ottoman Iraq garrison ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
campaign	Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) ⓘ surface form: British campaign in Mesopotamia
commander	Charles Irwin Fry NERFINISHED ⓘ Süleyman Askerî Bey NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ
countryAtTime	Ottoman Empire ⓘ
date	1914 ⓘ
endDate	1914-12-09 ⓘ
followedBy	advance up the Tigris toward Amara ⓘ
front	Tigris Front ⓘ surface form: Mesopotamian front
involvedForce	Indian Expeditionary Force D ⓘ surface form: British Indian Expeditionary Force D
locatedNear	Euphrates River NERFINISHED ⓘ Tigris River NERFINISHED ⓘ confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates ⓘ
location	Mesopotamia ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ Qurna ⓘ
notableFor	early British success in Mesopotamia ⓘ securing a strategic river junction ⓘ
objective	secure communications along the Shatt al-Arab ⓘ secure confluence of Tigris and Euphrates ⓘ
opponent	Ottoman 38th Division ⓘ
outcome	Ottoman withdrawal from Qurna ⓘ occupation of Qurna by British and Indian forces ⓘ
partOf	Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) ⓘ surface form: Mesopotamian campaign
precededBy	Battle of Basra (1914) ⓘ
presentDayLocation	Iraq ⓘ
result	Allied victory ⓘ British victory ⓘ
startDate	1914-12-03 ⓘ
strategicSignificance	protected British interests in the Persian Gulf ⓘ secured British control of lower Mesopotamia ⓘ secured approaches to Basra ⓘ
theatre	Middle Eastern theatre of World War I ⓘ
typeOfEngagement	riverine operation ⓘ
used	artillery ⓘ infantry ⓘ river gunboats ⓘ
year	1914 ⓘ

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

Battle of Qurna (1914) → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Qurna (1914) ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Battle of Qurna

Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) → notableBattle → Battle of Qurna (1914) ⓘ