THE KUTUL AMARE VICTORY AND THE BRITISH SOLDIERS IN YOZGAT CITY
THE KUTUL AMARE VICTORY AND THE BRITISH SOLDIERS IN YOZGAT CITY

Summary/Abstract: This article presents the British troops' defeat in the siege of Kut al Amara. This was the second greatest victory won by the Ottomans during the First World War, after Çanakkale1. We present the war from an objective perspective, touching on some points such as: the military personalities in charge of the campaigns, the progress of the war and the changes that occurred during it, like the imprisoning of the British soldiers in Yozgat City. We used certain documents of the age, like the journals of British prisoners in Yozgat, which allow us to see some interesting and important dimensions to this part of the war. Two-thirds of the British and about a seventh of the Indian prisoners never saw their homes again. Relative to the numbers of men involved, the British losses at Kut dwarf those of the far bigger battles on the Western Front. And some British prisoners were taken to Yozgat City and treated in a humane manner.

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