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Scenario Author:
RhinoBones
Map Author:
RhinoBones
Author's E-mail Address:
RhinoBones@aol.com
Last Scenario Revision Date:
October 8, 1999
VERSION 1.0
As soon as Ottoman intervention had become clear, Indo-British troops had been landed in the Shat el Arab and, after overcoming weak Turkish resistance, reached Basra on 22 November 1914. By the end of the year the British had advanced to the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Despite harsh climatic conditions, they gradually moved up both rivers and reached Selman Pak 30 miles south of Baghdad by early October 1915.
The first Ottoman commander in Iraq, Colonel Subhi Bey, was taken prisoner in December 1914; his successor, Lieutenant Colonel Süleyman Askerî, failed in his mission and committed suicide in April 1915. Appointed in his stead, Colonel Yusef Nur-ed-Din eventually slowed the British advance on Baghdad. By the time the elderly German field marshal Baron von der Goltz reached Baghdad to take charge of the situation in both Iraq and Persia, Nur-ed-Dins troops had already repulsed a major British attack by General Charles Townshend's 6th (Poona) Division at Ctesiphon and subsequently encircled them at Kut al Amara. Four months later, after several British attempts to relieve him had failed, Townshend and the remains of his army would surrender to the Ottoman 6th Army and Brigadier Halil Pasha..
Victory Conditions
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The Turks must defend against an Indo-British assault at Ctesiphon,
then rally to capture Kut al Amara before the British can establish a defensive
position.
Remarks
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This scenario is designed to be played in the solitaire mode with the
AI playing the allied side. When played as a PBM game, it is recommended
that German prestige is set to +2.
Last Update Changes
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v1.0 10-08-99, Initial release. No replacement units available.
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