Invasion of Cheikh Said

Invasion of Cheikh Said
Part of the South Arabia during World War I

Map of Cheikh Said.
Date10 November 1914–11 November 1914
Location
Cheikh Said
Result British victory. Ottoman fort of Cheikh Said blown up and start of the Aden Theatre.
Belligerents
 Ottoman Empire  United Kingdom
 India
Commanders and leaders
Unknown United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland H. V. Cox
Strength
An Ottoman garrison Consists of 29th Indian Brigade and 23rd Sikhs Pioneers
HMS Duke of Edinburgh
Map of Aden Protectorate

The invasion of Cheikh Said was a part of the campaigns by the Ottomans to take Aden, a British crown colony. It was a British offensive led by H. V. Cox to destroy Ottoman works, wells, and armaments they had there on the 10th of November 1914. It resulted in Ottoman retreat and total British victory by the next day.[1]

  1. ^ Connelly, Mark. "The British Campaign in Aden, 1914–1918". Journal of the Centre for First World War Studies, 2:1 (2005) 65–96.