What the records say
- When
- 21 Feb 1917
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 29.90° N, 33.75° E
- Description
- raid in 1917
- War
- World War I
Raid on Bir el Hassana
Raid in 1917
The Raid on Bir el Hassana (Hasna) occurred in the Sinai Peninsula in February 1917, during World War I. It was a minor action between an augmented battalion of the Imperial Camel Corps on the one side and a score of Turkish troops plus some armed Bedouin on the other. The raid occasioned the first aeromedical evacuation in the British Army.
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