Battle of Rafa
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battle-of-rafa-192-5782661
title:
Battle of Rafa
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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. The Desert Column of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) attacked an entrenched Ottoman Army garrison at El Magruntein to the south of Rafah, close to the frontier between the Sultanate of Egypt and the Ottoman Empire, to the north and east of Sheikh Zow
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1917 battle during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of World War I
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rafa
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2024-03-21T03:53:17Z
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