What the records say
- When
- 8 Nov 1917
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 31.51° N, 34.62° E
- Description
- British cavalry action against the Turks during First World War
- War
- World War I
Charge at Huj
1917 World War I battle
The Charge at Huj, also known by the British as the Affair of Huj, was an engagement between forces of the British Empire's Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) and the Ottoman Turkish Empire's, Yildirim Army Group during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of the First World War. It took place during the Pursuit phase of the Southern Palestine Offensive which eventually captured Jerusalem a month later.
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