Battle of Ramadi
Part of Mesopotamian Campaign (World War One)
Date: September 28–29, 1917 Location: Ramadi, west of Baghdad, present-day Iraq Result: British victory
Combatants
British Empire	Ottoman Empire
Commanders
Frederick Stanley Maude	?
Strength
One division	5,000
Casualties
?	?

Mesopotamian Campaign
Fao Landing – Basra – Qurna – Es Sinn – Ctesiphon – Umm-at-Tubal –1st Kut –Shiekh Sa'ad – Wadi – Hanna – Dujaila – 2nd Kut – Baghdad – Samarrah Offensive – Jebel Hamlin – Istabulat – Ramadi – Sharqat

The Battle of Ramadi was fought in central Iraq late in September 1917 between the British and the Ottomans; it was part of the Mesopotamian Campaign in World War One.

A British division was sent to the town of Ramadi, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) west of Baghdad on the Euphrates River, where an important Ottoman garrison was quartered. A defeat of that garrison would allow the British further advance along the river.

The attack began on September 28, 1917, on the East Bank of the Euphrates. Although the Ottomans expected an enemy assault, the British made ample use of armored cars, which the defenders of the town were not ready to fight against, and the Ottoman garrison was quickly outflanked and surrounded. After a nocturnal escape attempt was thwarted by the British cavalry, the Ottoman forces surrendered in the morning of September 29.

The British maneuver had been especially effective, and Ramadi was conquered quickly and with fewer-than-usual casualties.