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| Capture of Tikrit | |||||||||
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| Part of World War I and the Mesopotamian Campaign | |||||||||
.jpg) Wounded Turks being tended at an Indian advanced dressing station after the Battle of Tikrit | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 United Kingdom |
 Ottoman Empire | ||||||||
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Frederick Stanley Maude Alexander Cobbe |
Ismail Hakki | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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2 squadrons of the 13th Hussars[1] 1 division of cavalry | Unknown | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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At least 6 killed At least 22 injured Heavy cavalry losses | Unknown | ||||||||
The Capture of Tirkit was a battle that took place during the Mesopotamian campaign of World War I.[2] The British side of this battle was commanded by Frederick Stanley Maude. This was Frederick's last major battle during World War I, as 12 days after the battle ended (18 November 1916), Frederick passed away due to a cholera infection.[3] After intense fighting on 5 November 1916 through 6 November 1916, General Ismail Hakki made a decision to retreat upwards along the Tigris River, and Tikrit was promptly captured by British forces later that day.