General Charles Townshend, who commanded the British forces during the battle.
Date
May 31 - June 3, 1915
Location
Amara, Iraq
Result
British victory
Belligerents
British Empire
India
United Kingdom
Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Charles Townshend
Unknown
Units involved
6th (Poona) Division
16th Brigade
17th Brigade
Casualties and losses
4 killed 21 wounded[1]
120 killed or wounded 1,773 captured[1]
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Mesopotamian campaign
Fao Landing
Basra
Qurna
Shaiba
Amara
Karbala
Nasiriyah
Es Sinn
Ctesiphon
Umm at Tubal
1st Kut
Sheikh Sa'ad
Wadi
Hanna
Dujaila
Hilla
2nd Kut
Baghdad
Samarra offensive
Jebel Hamlin
Istabulat
1st Ramadi
2nd Ramadi
Najaf
Khan Baghdadi
Sharqat
The Battle of Amara, also known as the Second Battle of Qurna (May 31 - June 3, 1915), was a military engagement between the forces of the British and Ottoman Empires during the Mesopotamian Campaign of World War I. The battle took place in the flooded marshes and islands along the Tigris river between the towns of Qurna and Amara and resulted in the British capture of Amara and rout of Ottoman forces in the area.
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