Battle of Misrata
{'<entity_0>': 'Italo-Turkish War', '<entity_1>': 'Battle of Misrata', '<entity_2>': '08 July 1912', '<entity_3>': 'Misrata', '<entity_4>': 'battle', '<entity_5>': 'Libya'}
[['Battle of Misrata', 'instance of', 'battle'], ['Battle of Misrata', 'location', 'Misrata'], ['Battle of Misrata', 'part of', 'Italo-Turkish War'], ['Battle of Misrata', 'point in time', '08 July 1912'], ['Battle of Misrata', 'country', 'Libya']]
The <entity_1> was fought between June and <entity_2> during the <entity_0> between the Italian and Ottoman forces for the control of the Libyan town of <entity_3> (Tripolitania), a major supply base for the Ottoman–Arab forces. During the <entity_0> the town of <entity_3> (known to the Italians as Misurata), located on the Libyan coast halfway between Tripoli and Sirte, became an important base for smuggling by sea of war material used to bolster Ottoman-Arab resistance in <entity_5>. On <entity_2> the Italian infantry, supported by the cavalry squadron, started their advance; after fierce fighting the village of Ras Zarrugh was taken, and shortly thereafter <entity_3> itself was captured; the Italian troops hoisted the Italian flag upon the castle. Overall, in the <entity_4> for <entity_3> Italian casualties had consisted of seven officers and 128 soldiers, of whom 23 were killed and 112 wounded; Ottoman-Arab casualties were estimated in some 500 killed and an equal number of wounded. <entity_3> would be eventually recaptured by Italian forces in 1922, during the Pacification of <entity_5>.
['battle', 'siege']