Battle of Qurna | |||||||||
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Part of the Mesopotamian Campaign of World War I | |||||||||
![]() This map shows the initial British attack and capture of Basra, 1914. | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Strength | |||||||||
2,100 | 1,000 | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
281 | 1,000 | ||||||||
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The Battle of Qurna, (3 to 9 December 1914) was between British forces and Ottoman forces that had retreated from Basra, which they lost at the Battle of Basra (1914) during the Mesopotamian campaign of World War I.
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