Tags
1917, Ancre, Baghdad, British Empire, evacuation, France, Frederick Stanley Maude, Germany, Great Britain, Iraq, Kut, Miraumont, occupation, Ottoman Empire, prisoners of war, retreat, Sanna-i-Yat, Second Battle of Kut, Turkey
Fall of Kut-al-Amara to Sir Stanley Maude; Sanna-i-Yat evacuated and Turkish Army in retreat along Baghdad road; over 1,700 prisoners and much war material taken. British progress on the Ancre continues; Petit Miraumont entered.