"ملاحظات ميدانية: بلاد الرافدين. هيئة الأركان العامة في الهند. فبراير ١٩١٧". [ظ‎‎١‎١] (٣٥٠/٢٩)

Townshend was compelled to fall back, and from November
25th to December 3rd be retreated on Kut-al-Amarah, which
was invested by the enemy on December 7th. The operations
in the early part of 1916 were mainly directed to the relief of
Kut-al-Amarah. On January 7th the battle of Shaikh Sa’ad
was fought by the relieving force and the position captured.
This success was followed by the battle of Orah (or Wadi) on
January 13th and 14th and the capture of the enemy’s position
at that place. On January 21st came the battle of Umm-al-
Hannah. The enemy were now in a strong position at Es-
Sinn. An unsucessful attack on the Dujailah redoubt—a
portion of this position—was made on March 8th and 9th. On
April 5th the British carried the Hannah Falahiyah posi
tions (near Umm-al-Hannah) and on April 9th attacked the
Sannaiyat position about 3 miles west of Umm-al-Hannah.
An advance on the right bank of the Tigris resulted in the
capture of the enemy’s position at Bait ’Aiessa and an
enemy counter-attack upon that position was repulsed with
some loss. Floods now impeded the further advance of the
relieving force and on April 29th the garrison of Kut-al-
Amarah, having exhausted all their provisions, capitulated.
On May 20th the Dujailah redoubt and Es-Sinn positions
were occupied by the British.