What the records say
- When
- 27 Oct 1917
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 31.20° N, 34.54° E
- Description
- 1917 battle of the Sinai and Palestine campaign of WWI
- War
- World War I
Battle of Buqqar Ridge
Battle of the Sinai and Palestine campaign of WWI
The Battle of el Buqqar Ridge took place on 27 October 1917, when one infantry regiment and cavalry troops of the Yildirim Army Group, attacked the 8th Mounted Brigade of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) in the last days of the stalemate in Southern Palestine during the Sinai and Palestine campaign of World War I.
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