Battle of Sheikh Sa'ad

Battle of sheikh Ali
	Part of the Mesopotamian Campaign of World War I
	; A 1924 British map showing action at the battle.
Date	6–8 January 1916
Location	Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq)
Result	See aftermath
Belligerents
British Empire India; United Kingdom;	Ottoman Empire German Empire (Military Commanders);
Commanders and leaders
Fenton Aylmer; George Younghusband ; George Kemball	Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz; Halil Pasha
Strength
13,330 men total; 9,900 infantry; 1,340 cavalry; 42 artillery pieces;	9,000 infantry; 20 artillery pieces; 1 brigade of cavalry
Casualties and losses
4,262 casualties:; 1,962 dead; 2,300 wounded	1,200 casualties:; Unknown dead,; 512 prisoners; 2 artillery pieces captured

The Battle of Sheikh Sa'ad (Turkish: Sağ Sahil) occurred between 6–8 January 1916 during the Mesopotamian Campaign of the First World War. The battle took place along the banks of the Tigris River between the Anglo-Indian Tigris Corps and elements of the Ottoman Sixth Army. The engagement was the first in a series of assaults by the Tigris Corps to try to break through the Ottoman lines to relieve the besieged garrison at Kut.

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