World War I started.
6th Indian Division of the British army departed from Bombay.
Ottoman Empire entered the war.
British forces landed on the Abadan coast in Iran.
British forces took al Faw from the Ottomans.
British forces occupied Basra.
Lieutenant Colonel Süleyman Askeri was appointed to the command of the Ottoman forces.
Süleyman Askeri committed suicide after he was defeated by the British forces.
General Townshend was appointed to the command of the British forces advancing to Baghdad.
The new commander of Ottoman forces Colonel Nurettin Bey arrived in Baghdad.
British forces captured Amara.
British forces captured Nasiriyah.
British forces captured Kut al Amara.
Ottoman forces were gathered under the 6th Army. Field Marshall Colmar von der Goltz was appointed to the command of the Iraq Corps.
Colonel Khalil Bey, commander of the 3rd Army's Right Wing, which was fighting against the Russians at the time, was sent to the Iraqi Front along with two divisions in his command.
Khalil Bey came under Nurettin Bey's command with his men.
British forces were defeated at Salman Pak.
Retreating British forces deployed in Kut al Amara.
General Goltz reached Baghdad. Nurettin Bey besieged Kut al Amara.
The British failed to break the siege.
A second attempt by British forces to break the siege failed.
Nurettin Bey's offensive failed.
The British forces failed to rescue the city of Kut during the Battle of Sheikh Saad.
Battle of Wadi. The second rescue attempt of the British forces failed.
Nurettin Bey handed over the command to Khalil Bey.
Battle of Hannah. The third rescue attempt of the British forces failed.
Battle of Sabis. The fourth rescue attempt of the British forces failed.
Two breakout attempts by British forces failed.
Colonel Khalil Bey called on General Townshend to surrender.
Another rescue operation by the British forces failed.
Goltz Pasha died in Baghdad due to typhus.
Another rescue operation by the British forces failed.
Khalil Bey was promoted to the rank of general and became the commander of the Iraq Corps.
The British attempt to send help to their besieged forces by sea failed. Ottoman soldiers captured the ship named Julnar.
General Townshend declared that he was ready to surrender.
British forces surrendered at 13:20.