Qualla: Battle of Es Sinn https://qualla.com/battle-of-es-sinn en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:31 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/t/j/b/8/battle-of-es-sinn-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of Es Sinn https://qualla.com/battle-of-es-sinn Battle of Es Sinn: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-es-sinn/ Photo credit Unknown artist, author of article was William Blackledge, Public domain. At dusk on 27 September 1915, two Indian sepoys and a havildar deserted from the Poona Division and crossed the lines to the Ottoman positions south of Kut-al-Amara. They carried with them the entire British battle plan. Colonel Nureddin, commanding the Ottoman Sixth Army, read it and refused to believe it. No commander would risk a night march through the marshes. He was wrong. By dawn the next day, British and Indian columns were slogging through the wetlands behind his trenches, and the Battle of Es Sinn was underway along the banks of the Tigris.

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]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/j/b/8/battle-of-es-sinn-wp/tjb8-battle-of-es-sinn-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Es Sinn: Oil, Empire, and a Dangerous Ambition https://qualla.com/battle-of-es-sinn/ Photo credit Unknown author, Public domain. The Mesopotamian Campaign began as a limited operation to protect the oil pipeline at Abadan that fueled the Royal Navy. It grew into something far more reckless. The British government in London wanted the campaign kept small, but the Viceroy's government in Simla saw an opportu...

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]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/j/b/8/battle-of-es-sinn-wp/tjb8-battle-of-es-sinn-oil-empire-and-a-dangerous-ambition.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Es Sinn: A Plan That Survived Its Own Betrayal https://qualla.com/battle-of-es-sinn/ Photo credit Unknown author, Public domain. Townshend chose audacity. Rather than assault the Ottoman trenches at Es Sinn head-on, he devised an envelopment. Two columns would march through the night, threading between the Ataba and Suwaikiya marshes to strike the Ottoman rear. A third brigade would pin the defenders in pl...

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]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/j/b/8/battle-of-es-sinn-wp/tjb8-battle-of-es-sinn-a-plan-that-survived-its-own-betrayal.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Es Sinn: Bayonets at Dawn https://qualla.com/battle-of-es-sinn/ Photo credit Unknown author, Public domain. By 8:45 a.m., nearly three hours behind schedule and still without word from Hoghton, Delamain attacked alone. His force now faced more of the Ottoman line than planned. The 117th Mahrattas and a company of Bombay Sappers hit the northern end of the defenses and were torn apart. ...

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]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/j/b/8/battle-of-es-sinn-wp/tjb8-battle-of-es-sinn-bayonets-at-dawn.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Es Sinn: Victory and Its Costs https://qualla.com/battle-of-es-sinn/ Photo credit Unknown author, Public domain. By nightfall, the Ottoman 38th Division had abandoned its positions and retreated north toward Kut. Townshend's cavalry, positioned to intercept the retreat, failed to charge. The explanation was logistical rather than cowardly: the Sikh and Hindu cavalrymen could not eat food pr...

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]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/j/b/8/battle-of-es-sinn-wp/tjb8-battle-of-es-sinn-victory-and-its-costs.mp3 0:06 5 full Battle of Es Sinn: The Trap Upstream https://qualla.com/battle-of-es-sinn/ Photo credit Unknown author, Public domain. General Nixon took the victory at Es Sinn as proof that Baghdad would fall easily. Townshend himself was more cautious. The three-sided debate between London, Simla, and the field command produced a fateful decision: Prime Minister Asquith approved the advance on Baghdad despite ...

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