Invasion of Cheikh Said

Invasion of Cheikh Said
	Part of the South Arabia during World War I
	; Map of Cheikh Said.
Date	10 November 1914-11 November 1914
Location	Cheikh Said
Result	British victory. Ottoman fort of Cheikh Said blown up and start of the Aden Theatre.
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire	United Kingdom; India
Commanders and leaders
Unknown	H. V. Cox
Strength
An Ottoman garrison	Consists of 29th Indian Brigade and 23rd Sikhs Pioneers; HMS Duke of Edinburgh

The invasion of Cheikh Said was a part of the campaigns by the Ottomans to take Aden, a British crown colony. It is a British offensive led by H. V. Cox to destroy Ottoman works, wells, and armaments they have there on the 10th of November 1914. It resulted in Ottoman retreat and total British victory by the next day.^[1]

^ Connelly, Mark. "The British Campaign in Aden, 1914–1918". Journal of the Centre for First World War Studies, 2:1 (2005) 65–96.

[1] Connelly, Mark. "The British Campaign in Aden, 1914–1918". Journal of the Centre for First World War Studies, 2:1 (2005) 65–96.

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