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	Battle of Romani - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Romani took place near the Egyptian town of Romani which lies 23 miles east of the Suez Canal near the Mediterranean shore of the Sinai peninsula.
		At the time of the battle, his available forces comprised two British infantry divisions (the 42nd Division and the 52nd (Lowland) Division) and the Anzac Mounted Division, under General H.G. Chauvel, containing the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Australian Light Horse Brigades, the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade and the 5th Mounted Brigade (British Yeomanry).
		In July, 1916, the commander of the northern sector of the canal defences, General Sir H.A. Lawrence, had the 52nd Division entrenched on the eastern edge of the Romani sand hills and was using the mounted brigades to patrol the oasis to the east.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Romani (1039 words)

	Encyclopedia: Battle of Romani (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele.
		The Battle of Romani took place near the The Arab Republic of Egypt, commonly known as Egypt, (in Arabic: مصر, romanized Mişr or Maşr, in Egyptian dialect) is a republic mostly located in northeastern Africa.
		Mediterranean shore of the Sinai Peninsula, Gulf of Suez (west), Gulf of Aqaba (east) from Space Shuttle STS-40 The Sinai Peninsula (in Arabic, Shibh Jazirat Sina) is a triangle-shaped peninsula lying between the Mediterranean Sea (to the north) and Red Sea (to the south).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Battle-of-Romani (2912 words)

	Battle of Magdhaba - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Romani – Magdhaba – Rafa – 1st Gaza – 2nd Gaza – 3rd Gaza – Beersheba – Jerusalem – Megiddo
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Magdhaba (896 words)

	Battle of Gallipoli - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In the Third Battle of Krithia on June 4 all thought of a decisive breakthrough was gone and the plans for battle had reverted to trench warfare with objectives being measured in hundreds of metres.
		Defeat at the Battle of Romani marked the end of that ambition and for the remainder of the war the British were on the offensive in the Middle East.
		Amongst the dead of the battle was the brilliant young chemist Henry Moseley.
	www.leessummit.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Battle_of_Gallipoli (4337 words)

	World War One Battles
		The battle is often regarded as demonstrating that the Royal Navy was technologically inferior to the German Navy.
		The Battle of Bazentin Ridge, which ran from 14-17 July 1916 and comprised part of the second phase of the Somme Offensive, was launched primarily by Reserve Army (twelve battalions) with Rawlinson's Fourth Army providing a further battalion, on a front extending from Longueval to Bazentin-le-Petit Wood.
		These battles, and those British and Commonwealth soldiers who gave their lives, are commemorated at the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres, the Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing, and at the Tyne Cot Cemetery, the largest Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in the world with nearly 12,000 graves.
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	The Battle of Romani 4/5th August 1916
		And thus began the bloody battle of Romani, a conflict which, after two days of murderous fighting, saw the Anzacs shatter forever the Turkish dreams of controlling the most vital man-made waterway on earth.
		As daylight flooded through the haze of battle, General Chauvel, watching the battle from a vantage point, could see his battered 1st Brigade still struggling against tremendous odds as it continued to retreat.
		Under a pitiless searing sun, the Romani tableland for the rest of the day shuddered under the violence of battle as the tide swayed back and forth with Australians and Turks locked in a fight to the finish.
	www.lighthorse.org.au /histbatt/batrom.htm (1654 words)

	Battle of Romani -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Due to the lack of reliable water in the central Sinai, Murray was confident that any Turkish attack would be made via the northern approach and so he concentrated his defence at Romani which would hold the Turks out of (Large but transportable armament) artillery range of the canal.
		On the night of August 3 a Turkish force, believed to be 8000 strong, followed behind the 2nd Light Horse Brigade as it was returning to Romani from a day (The act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy)) reconnaissance.
		By the time the Turks were driven out of Katia, their (Click link for more info and facts about casualties) casualties were 1250 dead (buried by the British after the battle) and an estimated 4000 wounded.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/ba/battle_of_romani.htm (853 words)

	First World War.com - Battles - The Battle of Romani, 1916
		The Battle of Romani heralded the second notable attempt by Turk forces to seize control of the critical Suez Canal, then in British hands, in August 1916.
		In response Murray was able to deploy his main force of two and a half infantry divisions 30 km east of the canal in fortified positions, to the west of the railhead town of Romani.
		Kressenstein's advance was itself dictated by the availability of water supplies, with all but the depots in the northern coastal area of the Sinai Desert having been earlier destroyed by the British.
	www.firstworldwar.com /battles/romani.htm (472 words)

	The Patrin Web Journal - The Trend to Minimize the Romani Holocaust
		Criteria for determining who had Romani ancestry were exactly twice as strict as those determining who was of Jewish descent; the fact that even Gypsy-like people were targeted demonstrates that the Nazis were taking no chances with the possibility of undetected Romani ancestry infecting German citizens.
		Romanies were never regarded as a political or economic or religious danger to the Third Reich, as were the Jews: individuals of mixed Romani and European ancestry posed the greatest threat, and it was solely a racial one.
		Lastly, the claim that the Nazis’ treatment of their Romani victims did not constitute genocide is bizarre to say the least (“The various deportations of Gypsies to the East and their deadly consequences do not constitute acts of genocide”- p.
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	Romani
		Romani was in its earlier and most critical stages almost entirely a soldier's battle.
		Sorely pressed, but fighting stubbornly, and, despite the loss of ground, still convinced of their capacity to hold the enemy, the men of the three regiments were cheered at about 4.30 by the sight of the 2nd Light Horse Brigade advancing to their support over the sand-hills from Etmaler.
		Only a few days before Romani was fought a German airman had dropped a message—which chanced to fall at the door of Chauvel's tent—asking the Australians to mark their ambulances more clearly, so that they should not be bombed.
	members.optusnet.com.au /pasu/romani.htm (6963 words)

	Battle of Gallipoli (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Battle of Gallipoli was one of the most famous World War 1 Battles.
		On February 19, the first attack during the Battle of Gallipoli on the Dardanelles began when a large fleet of British and French vessels, including the British battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth, bombarded Turkish artillery along the coast.
		A new attack during the Battle of Gallipoli was launched on March 18, targeted at the narrowest point of the Dardanelles where the straits were just a mile wide.
	www.worldwar1-history.com /Battle-of-Gallipoli.aspx (4063 words)

	7th Light Horse Regiment AIF
		At the first Battle of Gaza, it was this Regiment that led the Anzac Mounted Division through the night to its position in rear of the city and which captured the new Commander of the Gaza Defence, who was on his way up to take his command.
		During the Battle of Beersheba and the pursuit which followed, the Regiment sustained the fine traditions it had already established for dash and gallantry.
		In the raids across Jordan and throughout the long summer of 1918 in the Jordan Valley, it bore its share of the fighting and the hardships, from the bitter cold of Gilead in mid-winter to the scorching heat of Jericho in July.
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	August
		Known as the battle of Paschendaele, the third battle of Ypres was the collective name given to campaign that lasted until November 1917 aimed at capturing the Gheluvelt Plateau in southern Belgium.
		The battle signalled the end of the defence of the Suez canal and the beginning of a bolder offensive strategy against the Turks in the Middle East.
		This battle was considered by many to have been the crowning achievement of the Australian Imperial Force in the First World War.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-calendar/august.htm (1687 words)

	Australian Light Horse Association Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Talking to bedows in the area,not one of them have ever heard of a war being fought here.Even the more educated government people in the offices in the area had no clue a war had been fought here during ww1,with most doubting that the Turks were once here.
		Its transliterated Arabic name is Bi'r ar Rummânah which is a hoot and a holler away from Al Qantarah, the town known by all Light Horse devotees as Kantara, the main base for all Light Horse operations in the Sinai from 1916 until final demobilisation in 1920.
		these battle fields need to be located and permenantly marked with memorials or something.i reported a few months ago on this forum that i could not find even one memorial to any british force in the sinai.
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	First World War.com - Battles - The Palestine Front
		Aside from the three Gaza battles the list also includes British General Allenby's timely implementation of Prime Minister Lloyd George's directive to capture Jerusalem by Christmas 1917.
		Suggestions for battle summaries can be sent to the e-mail address at the foot of the page.
		A "British warm" was a heavy issue greatcoat for officers.
	www.firstworldwar.com /battles/pf.htm (100 words)

	1/4th Royal Sussex Regiment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Third Battle of Gaza: 27 October - 7 November
		The Advance to Victory - The Battles of the Marne
		Battle of Soissonsais and The Ourcq: 22 July - 3 August
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	Australian Military Units
		The 1st Light Horse Brigade played a significant role in turning back the Turkish advance on the canal at the battle of Romani on 4 August.
		In ensuing days the regiments of the brigade participated in the immediate follow-up of the defeated Turks, but were soon withdrawn to rest.
		The 3rd's next major engagement was the abortive second battle of Gaza on 19 April.
	www.awm.gov.au /units/unit_10553.asp (541 words)

	Airstrips with bends in them
		Romani British policy, strategy and tactics were all defensive, those of the
		The stand of the 1st and 2nd Light Horse brigades and
		> Romani British policy, strategy and tactics were all defensive, those of
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	Maggie's Music - Bonnie Rideout - Scottish Fire CD. An independent label for Scottish Music, Irish Music, and Early ...
		The 156th Brigade at the Battle of Romani
		Fiddle, viola, guitar, hammered dulcimer and viola da gamba.
		Fiddle, great Highland pipes, snare and bass drums (John) 3:30
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