Fall of Baghdad (1917)

Fall of Baghdad
	Part of the Mesopotamian Campaign of World War I
	; General Maude's entry into Baghdad, 11 March 1917
Date	8–11 March 1917
Location	Diyala River, just below Baghdad, Mesopotamia (now Iraq)
Result	British victory
Belligerents
British Empire United Kingdom; India; Australia;	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Frederick Maude	Halil Pasha
Strength
I Corps; III Corps (70,000 men)	Sixth Army (25,000 men)
Casualties and losses
Unknown	9,000+ captured

The fall of Baghdad (11 March 1917) occurred during the Mesopotamia Campaign, fought between the forces of the British Empire and the Ottoman Empire in the First World War.

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