Battle of Magdhaba

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First World War battle battle

The Battle of Magdhaba was a First World War engagement in December 1916 in the Sinai Desert, where British Empire and ANZAC mounted troops defeated Ottoman forces, helping secure the advance toward Palestine.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Magdhaba canonical	3
Ottoman garrison at Magdhaba	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	First World War battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
associatedWith	Anzac Mounted Division ⓘ surface form: ANZAC Mounted Troops British Egyptian Expeditionary Force ⓘ surface form: Egyptian Expeditionary Force
belligerent	British Empire ⓘ German Empire ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ
campaign	Sinai and Palestine campaign ⓘ surface form: Sinai campaign
commander	Harry Chauvel ⓘ Kadri Bey ⓘ Kress von Kressenstein ⓘ
conflict	Sinai and Palestine campaign ⓘ surface form: Sinai and Palestine Campaign
countryInvolved	Australia ⓘ Germany ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
date	23 December 1916 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Rafa ⓘ
front	Sinai front ⓘ
historicalPeriod	World War I ⓘ
involvedForce	Anzac Mounted Division ⓘ surface form: ANZAC Mounted Division Desert Mounted Corps ⓘ surface form: Imperial Camel Corps Battle of Magdhaba self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ottoman garrison at Magdhaba
location	Egypt ⓘ Magdhaba ⓘ Sinai Peninsula ⓘ
notableUnit	1st Australian Light Horse Brigade ⓘ 3rd Australian Light Horse Brigade ⓘ Imperial Camel Brigade ⓘ New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade ⓘ
objective	capture of Ottoman position at Magdhaba ⓘ
operation	mounted attack on entrenched Ottoman positions ⓘ
partOf	British advance across Sinai ⓘ Middle Eastern theatre of World War I ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Bir el Abd ⓘ Battle of Romani ⓘ
result	British Empire victory ⓘ
strategicEffect	facilitated British advance toward Palestine ⓘ secured eastern Sinai ⓘ
theatre	Sinai and Palestine campaign ⓘ surface form: Sinai and Palestine theatre
timeOfDay	daytime battle ⓘ
typeOfWarfare	desert warfare ⓘ
year	1916 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sinai and Palestine campaign → notableBattle → Battle of Magdhaba ⓘ

British Egyptian Expeditionary Force → engagement → Battle of Magdhaba ⓘ

Battle of Magdhaba → involvedForce → Battle of Magdhaba self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ottoman garrison at Magdhaba

Battle of Rafa → precededBy → Battle of Magdhaba ⓘ