• railroad fell into their hands. Although it achieved its aims, the Samarrah offensive cost the British about 18,000 casualties, a considerable price (plus...
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    many of the men were still suffering from fever. The British began a new offensive in Mesopotamia in December 1916. For 7th Gloucesters the advance had begun...
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  • gains in the region, in particular Baghdad, General Maude ordered the Samarrah Offensive. To maintain British control of Baghdad, Maude outlined four objectives...
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    Proclamation of Baghdad on 19 March.) From Baghdad, he launched the Samarrah Offensive and extended his operations to the Euphrates and Diyala rivers. After...
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    درگذشت ميرزای شيرازی". IQNA. Retrieved September 7, 2007. "Battles - Samarrah Offensive, 1917". First World War. August 22, 2009. "سور سامراء التاريخي قصة...
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  • new army group to retake Mesopotamia. General Maude launched the Samarrah Offensive to push the Ottomans away from Baghdad. Maude dispatched four columns...
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  • Perak War Battle of Ratsua Samarrah Offensive Battle of Sattelberg Second Battle of Heligoland Bight Shah Wali Kot Offensive Operation Shingle Siege of...
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    Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) as part of the Northern Iraq offensive. ISIL forces captured the municipality building and university, but were...
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  • and 2 policemen were killed in attacks against checkpoints in Hawija, Samarrah and Kafak. Five attackers and four officers were also injured in those...
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    101st Airborne Division in Mosul, Iraq, in support of combat operations in Samarrah, Mosul, Tal Afar, Al Kut and Taji. There the battalion supported the first...
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