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	Battle of Magdhaba at AllExperts
		The Battle of Magdhaba took place near the tiny Egyptian outpost of Magdhaba in the Sinai desert, some 22 miles from El Arish on the Mediterranean coast.
		The assault on Magdhaba was made by the 1st and 3rd Australian Light Horse Brigades, the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade and the Imperial Camel Corps Brigade supported by three batteries of horse artillery.
		Magdhaba represented the first significant battle of the campaign by mounted troops waged at a distance from base, 23 miles from an assured supply of water.
	en.allexperts.com /e/b/ba/battle_of_magdhaba.htm (923 words)

	Battle of Magdhaba - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Magdhaba – Rafa – 1st Gaza – 2nd Gaza – 3rd Gaza – Beersheba – Mughar Ridge – Jerusalem – Megiddo
		The assault on Magdhaba was made by the 1st and 3rd Australian Light Horse Brigades, the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade and the Imperial Camel Corps Brigade supported by three batteries of horse artillery.
		Magdhaba represented the first significant battle of the campaign by mounted troops waged at a distance from base, 23 miles from an assured supply of water.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Magdhaba (916 words)

	Battle of Magdhaba (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Magdhaba was a tiny Egyptian outpost in the Sinai desert lying some 22 miles from El Arish on the Mediterranean coast.
		The pursuit of the retreating Turks after the Battle of Romani had seen raids on Turkish outposts at Mazar (September 17) and Maghara (October 15) but both positions were eventually evacuated by the Turks without a fight.
		The main offensive was planned as the building of the military railway from the canal began to approach El Arish which marked the first significant water supply on the eastern side of the Sinai.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/b/ba/battle_of_magdhaba.html (854 words)

	Battle of Rafa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Rafa was a World War I battle that took place at the outpost of Rafa (known today as Rafah) on the border between the Egyptian Sinai and Turkish-occupied Palestine.
		It was the third and final major battle mounted by the British to drive the Turkish forces from the Sinai.
		The fate of the garrisons at Magdhaba and Rafa made the Turks wary of leaving isolated troops at the mercy of the Desert Column.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Rafa (1029 words)

	swuklink: Searchable Time-Line (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
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	Battle of Jerusalem (1917) Information
		Suez – Romani – Magdhaba – Rafa – 1st Gaza – 2nd Gaza – 3rd Gaza – Beersheba – Mughar Ridge –
		The Battle of Jerusalem resulted in the city of Jerusalem falling to British forces in December 1917.
		Allied forces were faced with stalemate on the Western Front at Cambrai, the Italians were defeated at the Battle of Caporetto and Russia was effectively out of the war with the Bolshevik Revolution.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Battle_of_Jerusalem_(1917) (526 words)

	Australian Light Horse Association Forum - Battle of Magdhaba
		I was rewritting my chapter of this Battle, which is from a Camel Corps view, and found that there appears to be a mistake in the availible records on which Turkish redoubt fell first to our troops.
		Magdhaba was a small settlement on the north side of the Wadi El Arish which at this time of year was dry and contained the only wells for many miles.
		General Chauval was now limited to the time he could spend at Magdhaba as the animals had not drunk for some time and with a battle to be fought during a hot day and little water at Magdhaba meant that the town would need to fall quickly or the animals would be in trouble.
	www.lighthorse.org.au /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2201 (9241 words)

	Australian and New Zealand Army Corps - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The division fought as mounted infantry throughout the Middle East, including Egypt, the Sinai (Romani, Magdhaba and Rafa) and Palestine (First and Second battles of Gaza, Beersheba, Jerusalem, Jericho, Es Salt, Megiddo and Amman) and Syria.
		Australian and New Zealand Divisions were involved in a number of engagements during the Battle of the Somme (1916) while components of British corps but it was only during the Battle of Pozieres, 23rd July 1916, that an Anzac formation participated as a whole.
		At Villers-Bretonneux, in the 1918 First Battles of the Somme, the "Anzac" designation ceased to be used to represent an army corps containing Australian and New Zealand divisions.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Anzac (764 words)

	ipedia.com: Battle of Magdhaba Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Battle of Magdhaba took place near the tiny Egyptian outpost of Maghdaba in the Sinai desert, some 22 miles from El Arish on the Mediterranean coast.
		The pursuit of the retreating Turks after the Battle of Romani had seen raids on Turkish outposts at Mazar (September 17) and Maghara (October 15) but both positions were eventually evacuated by the Turks without a fight.
		The main offensive was planned as the building of the military railway from the canal began to approach El Arish which marked the first significant water supply on the eastern side of the Sinai.
	www.ipedia.com /battle_of_magdhaba.html (911 words)

	Australian Light Horse Association Forum - Battle of Magdhaba
		There were no 5 MG's at Magdhaba and only one possible MG there, no Regt history records capturing any MG's which is strange as they claim to be under there fire, so where did the one damaged MG claimed come from, well no records yet give that.
		All in all the garrision at Magdhaba was a large prison force awaiting capture by the British.
		As to the later, the battles of late 1916 and early 1917 are to again use as few troops as they could.
	www.lighthorse.org.au /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2201&whichpage=2 (5867 words)

	Wikinfo \| Third Battle of Gaza (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Third Battle of Gaza was fought in 1917 in southern Palestine during World War I.
		The critical moment of the battle was the capture of the town of Beersheba on the first day by Australian light horsemen.
		The main Turkish front at this time was in Mesopotamia where a German-led force under the command of the former German Chief of the General Staff commander (and architect of the Battle of Verdun), General Erich von Falkenhayn, was undertaking an expedition to recapture Baghdad from the British.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Third_Battle_of_Gaza (2443 words)

	Australians at War
		It suffered particularly heavily during the Second Battle of Gaza on 19 April 1917, and in the operations conducted in November to destroy the Turkish defensive line between Gaza and Beersheba.
		Attack on Beersheba; Battle of Magdhaba; Battle of Romani; Battles of Gaza; Rafa; Senussi
		The service of Australians in the ICC, however, was recognised with the award of battle honours for the engagements in which it fought to the 14th and 15th Light Horse Regiments.
	www.awm.gov.au /units/unit_13624.asp (491 words)

	The World at War - Robertson
		Returning to Egypt the horsemen were quite enthusiastic to regain their mounts although there were many empty saddles to fill and time to devour in training for mounted operations across the Sinai desert.
		At the Battle of Magdhaba Major Robertson, acting in command of the 10LH Rgt, was directed to block the Turkish escape route.
		Battle after battle he participated in, commanded outflanking manoeuvres and when the enemy stood their ground, which was often, the skilful use of terrain or the ability to-remount the horse infantry and make a rapid shift that could give the attacker an advantage.
	worldatwar.net /biography/r/robertson/index.html (1493 words)

	First World War.com - Who's Who - Edward Chaytor
		During the next battle, on 9.1.1917 at Rafah, Chaytor's tactical self-confidence came to the fore.
		During the battle Chaytor took his brigade around the Turkish positions and was about to take Gaza from the rear when he was ordered to withdraw.
		Between 17 and 19 April a second unsuccessful battle was fought over Gaza, in which the NZMR had 116 casualties.
	www.firstworldwar.com /bio/chaytor.htm (1845 words)

	90TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF MAGDHABA - Great War Forum
		The enemy position was centred on the tiny village of Magdhaba, which straddled the dry bed of the Wadi el Arish.
		It quickly became obvious that the Turks were not departing, and that to continue the advance on horseback in the face of heavy fire risked the destruction of Cox’s brigade.
		Soon after their defeat at Magdhaba, the Turks took the hint and withdrew all of their remaining posts from Sinai, with the exception of a position near Rafah.
	1914-1918.invisionzone.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=65667&view=getlastpost (2035 words)

	Alternate History \| The Northern Wind
		Battle of the Marne ends German advance on Paris.
		July: The Battle of the Somme begins in France with 60,000 soldiers from the British Commonwealth dying on the first day alone.
		December: The Battle of Magdhaba begins in the Sinai desert with Australian and New Zealand mounted troops capturing the Turkish garrison.
	www.freewebs.com /althistnorth/firstworldwar.htm (1836 words)

	Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
		Australian and New Zealand Divisions were involved in a number of the Battles of the Somme, July to November, 1916, while components of British corps but it was only during the Battle of Pozieres[?], 23rd July 1916, that an Anzac formation participated.
		2nd ANZAC (Australian 3rd and 4th Divisions, New Zealand Division plus the British 25th Division) fought in the Battle of Messines[?], July 1917, which was a prelude to an Allied offensive from the Ypres salient.
		At Villers-Bretonneux, in the 1918 First Battles of the Somme, the ANZAC designation ceased to be used to represent an army corps containing Australian and New Zealand Divisions.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/an/Anzac.html (481 words)

	WW1 War in the Mideast
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		19 - Second Battle of Gaza was a classic infantry attack on a broad front against entrenched machine guns, tanks failed in fine sand and heat, poison gas from 3000 gas shells evaporated in hot winds, lack of artillery.
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	history.sandiego.edu /gen/ww1/mideast.html (3521 words)

	General Sir Harry Chauvel
		And still he was lucky, the battle at Magdhaba being won after he gave the order to break off, and the Rafa being won in spite of the same mistake by Chetwode, thanks to Brigadier General C. "Fighting Charlie" Cox ignoring the order.
		In the First Battle of Gaza, Chauvel's mission was similar to Rafa and Magdhaba, but on a larger scale.
		Once again the battle went right down to the line, but the mission was accomplished, albeit not without a wild mounted bayonet charge by the 4th Light Horse Brigade -- the last of history's great cavalry charges -- to capture the town and its vital water supply.
	www.unsw.adfa.edu.au /~rmallett/Generals/chauvel.html (2734 words)

	This Day in History: 1916 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
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	Magruntein (Rafah)
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	Reference Encyclopedia - 1916
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		December 23 - World War I: Battle of Magdhaba - In the Sinai desert, Australian and New Zealand mounted troops capture the Turkish garrison.
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	www.llpoh.org /Reviewing_the_20th_century/List_of_battles_1901-forward.html (3100 words)

	Australians at War
		Magdhaba, a village located in the northern Sinai desert, was the scene of an action fought on 23 December 1916 when Turkish forces blocking the route to Palestine were attacked by Major General Harry Chauvel's ANZAC Mounted Division, which had the Imperial Camel Corps attached.
		Success in this hard fought action was secured through a resolute assault with the bayonet by the 1st Light Horse Brigade, commanded by Brigadier Charles Cox, just as Chauvel ordered his force to withdraw.
		This action, combined with the success at Rafa on 9 January 1917, opened the way for the final expulsion of the Turks from Sinai.
	www.awm.gov.au /units/event_31.asp (126 words)

	Battle Honour Magdhaba-Rafah
		Honours for battles fought by the Camel Brigade were attributed to these Regiments.
		Magdhaba, was a fortified military post 30 Kilometres east of el Arish.
		This battle was marked by the Camel Brigade being bombed by the enemy from the air.
	www.lancers.org.au /site/15th_Magdhaba-Rafah.asp (191 words)

	1916 Encyclopedia Article @ TXbase.com (TX Base) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
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		October 27 - Battle of Segale: Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasu, is defeated by Fitawrari Habte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zauditu.
		December 23 - World War I: Battle of Magdhaba - In the Sinai desert, Australian and New Zealand mounted troops capture the Turkish garrison.
	www.txbase.com /encyclopedia/1916 (2579 words)

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