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Unfortunately, the British forces, running out of supplies and exhausted, were forced into a humiliating retreat toward Kut. Their withdrawal was chaotic, with wounded soldiers left behind and subjected to attack by Arab forces firing from across the river. The besieged British army prepared for an Ottoman assault, recognizing the massive reinforcements led by German Field Marshal von der Goltz, who had returned from retirement to serve as a military advisor to the Ottomans.