Middle East
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(383)1917
January
- 09
- Start of the Battle of Kut (1917)On 9 January 1917 the Indian 3rd Division stormed Turkish trenches in the Khadairi Bend near Kut. The chronology dates the Battle of Kut, 1917 from that day.
- Action at RafahOn 9 January 1917 Chetwode's mounted troops took the Turkish redoubts at Rafah on the Sinai border, capturing over 1,600 men. No Turks remained in Sinai.
February
March
- 11
- Key eventBritish take BaghdadOn 11 March 1917 Maude's troops entered Baghdad unopposed, the Turks having left it overnight. It was Britain's greatest success in the Middle East so far.
- Russians retake KermanshahOn 11 March 1917, the day Baghdad fell, Baratov's Russians entered Kermanshah. The Turkish rearguard fell back westwards, towards the border with Iraq.