Battle of Rafa

When

9 Jan 1917

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

31.27° N, 34.23° E

Location

Sinai–Palestine border

Outcome

British victory

Belligerents

Ottoman Empire vs United Kingdom, India, Rhodesia, Australia New Zealand

1917 battle during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of World War I

The Battle of Rafa, also known as the Action of Rafah, fought on 9 January 1917, was the third and final battle to complete the recapture of the Sinai Peninsula by British forces during the Sinai and Palestine campaign of the First World War.

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