Battle of Shaiba (1915)

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The Battle of Shaiba (1915) was a World War I engagement in Mesopotamia where British and Indian forces successfully defended Basra against an Ottoman attempt to retake the region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I battle
battle
alsoKnownAs Battle of Shaiba
belligerent British Indian Army
Kuwaiti forces
Ottoman Empire
United Kingdom
campaign Mesopotamian campaign (World War I)
surface form: Mesopotamian campaign
combatantSide British and Indian forces
Ottoman and Arab forces
commander Charles Melliss
Süleyman Askerî Bey
conflict World War I
conflictType land battle
countryInvolved India
Kuwait
Ottoman Empire
United Kingdom
date 1915-04-12
defensiveOperationBy British Empire
endDate 1915-04-14
followedBy Battle of Es Sinn
Battle of Nasiriyah
front Tigris Front
surface form: Mesopotamian front
historicalPeriod early 20th century
involves British Indian Army 6th (Poona) Division
Ottoman 6th Army
surface form: Ottoman Sixth Army
location Mesopotamia
Shuaiba
surface form: Shaiba

near Basra
present-day Iraq
objective Ottoman attempt to retake Basra region
defence of Basra
offensiveOperationBy Ottoman Empire
partOf Mesopotamian campaign (World War I)
surface form: British conquest of Mesopotamia

Mesopotamian campaign (World War I)
surface form: Mesopotamian campaign
precededBy Battle of Qurna (1914)
primaryDefendedCity Basra
region Lower Mesopotamia
result Allied victory
British victory
startDate 1915-04-12
strategicImportance protected oil interests in the Persian Gulf
secured British control of Basra
theatre Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
year 1915

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Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) notableBattle Battle of Shaiba (1915)
Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force engagement Battle of Shaiba (1915)