What the records say
- When
- 31 Oct 1917
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 39.93° N, 32.85° E
- Location
- Beersheba, Ottoman Empire
- Outcome
- British victory
- Belligerents
- Ottoman Empire Germany (military commanders) vs United Kingdom Australia New Zealand Arab Revolt
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
Battle of Beersheba (1917)
Allied victory over the Ottomans in WWI
The Battle of Beersheba was fought on 31 October 1917, when the British Empire's Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) attacked and captured the Ottoman Empire's Yildirim Army Group garrison at Beersheba, beginning the Southern Palestine Offensive of the Sinai and Palestine campaign of World War I.
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