With their lines of supply overextended, and medical services overwhelmed,Townshend ordered thetroops toretreat to the town ofKut-al-Amara. Above: Turkish troops proceeding down the River Tigris on rafts from Diabekir to join the besieging army at Kut-el-Amara. Image courtesy of the Imperial W...
Much of the town was destroyed during World War I; in 1915 the Turks halted the British advance toward Baghdad there, beseiging them for 143 days. The British retook Al Kut in Feb., 1917, as they resumed their advance. It is also called Kut-al-Amara or Kut-el-Amara. 年份: 2013 ...
6421 The analysis of steel decks with special reference to the highway bridges at Amara and Kut in Iraq? b Y Bertalan Farago, Dipl. Ing. and William Wai-Lee Chan, B.Sc.(Eng.), Ph.D. and Paper No. 6420 The new highway bridges across the Tigris at Amara and Kut in Iraq? b Y...