What the records say
- When
- 9 Aug 1916
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 29.81° N, 29.94° E
- Location
- Bir al-Abed
- Outcome
- Ottoman victory
- Belligerents
- Ottoman Empire German Empire vs British Empire, British Raj, Southern Rhodesia
Placed at the midpoint of the belligerents’ countries: the source gives no place.
Battle of Bir el Abd
World War I battle
The Battle of Bir el Abd or the Abd well was fought between the forces of the British Empire and the Ottoman Empire, during the Sinai and Palestine campaign of World War I.
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