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Battle of Basra (1914)
:''For other battles of Basra, see Battle of Basra (disambiguation).''
The Battle of Basra was a battle of World War I which took place south of the city of Basra (modern-day Iraq) between British and Ottoman troops from November 11 to November 21, 1914. The battle resulted in the British capture of Basra.
==Background==
After the capture of Fao by the British, the Ottoman army began to converge on Basra. The British had the mission of securing the Persian oil fields by capturing Basra, and they advanced up the river towards Basra.〔A.J. Barker, ''The First Iraq War, 1914–1918, Britain's Mesopotamian Campaign'',(Enigma, New York, 2009; originally published in 1967 as The Bastard War(US)/The Neglected War(UK)), 26.〕
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