Baghdad01

On the morning of August 24th, 1915, 4 battalions of the 2nd Indian Corps with naval and artillery support successfully attacked the Ottoman city of Baghdad and, after fierce fighting, captured the city and took surrender of the city garrison. This forced the remaining Ottoman units in the area to retreat north. There were limited casualties on both sides.

Following the attack, we will hold the city and push north to secure the railway to it's limit at Tikrit.

Battle report

Before the start of the battle, most of the available botas were used to rapidly transport troops up to the city.

At 16:00 xxx At 17:00 xxx At 18:00 xxx Ar 19:00 xxx At 20:00 xxx

Overnight there was continued sporadic fighting.

At dawn, the garrison commander realised that the Ottoman 51st Division would not be reinforcing the garrison and at this point surrendered.

The Turkish garrison forces involved (with casualties were) :

The British units involved (with casualties were) :

Commendation to the Colonel Howard who personally led the charge to take the Saladin bridge whilst under machine gun and artillery fire.