Battle of Danny Boy | |||||||
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Part of the Iraq War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United Kingdom | Mahdi Army | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
~100 | |||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Some wounded.[1] | 28 confirmed killed.[1] |
The Battle of Danny Boy took place close to the city of Amarah in Southern Iraq on 14 May 2004, between British soldiers and about 100 Iraqi insurgents of the Mahdi Army. The battle is named after a local British checkpoint called Danny Boy.[2]