| Battle of Qurna | |||||||||
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| Part of the Mesopotamian Campaign of World War I | |||||||||
.jpg) English cavalry routed by Turkish troops by Qurna (German illustration) | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Ottoman Empire | |||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
 Major General Charles Irwin Fry |
Colonel Subhi Bey | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 2,100 | 1,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 281 | 1,000 | ||||||||
| Approximate figures | |||||||||
The Battle of Qurna, (3 to 9 December 1914) was between British forces and Ottoman forces that had retreated from Basra, which they lost at the Battle of Basra (1914) during the Mesopotamian campaign of World War I.
