Event
Raid on the Beersheba to Hafir el Auja railway
23 May 1917 · 31.25° N, 34.79° E
What the records say
- When
- 23 May 1917
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 31.25° N, 34.79° E
Placed at the area around the town it links, Beersheba.
Summary
WWI: During the Stalemate in Southern Palestine, the Raid on the Beersheba to Hafir el Auja railway by the British Desert Column takes place: large sections of the railway line linking Beersheba to the main Ottoman desert base are destroyed.
Raid on the Beersheba to Hafir el Auja railway
The Raid on the Beersheba to Hafir el Auja railway took place on 23 May 1917 after the Second Battle of Gaza and before the Battle of Beersheba during the Stalemate in Southern Palestine in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of World War I.
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