Original sentence: In 1918, his army was defeated by the joint British-Indian armies and he surrendered the remains of the 6th Army in October 1918 (see Battle of Sharqat), allowing the British to occupy Mosul just as the great war ended
Edited sentence: In 1918, his army was defeated by the joint British-Indian armies and he surrendered the remains of the 6th Army in October 1918, allowing the British to occupy Mosul just as the great war ended