Battle of Mughar Ridge

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The Battle of Mughar Ridge was a First World War engagement in November 1917 in Ottoman Palestine, where British Empire forces decisively defeated Ottoman troops, helping secure the advance toward Jerusalem.

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instanceOf First World War battle
battle
alsoKnownAs Battle of Mughar Ridge and Junction Station NERFINISHED
belligerent Australian Imperial Force NERFINISHED
British Empire
British Indian Army NERFINISHED
German Empire
New Zealand Expeditionary Force NERFINISHED
Ottoman Empire
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
campaignCommander Edmund Allenby NERFINISHED
combatantStrength several British infantry and mounted divisions
combatType infantry assault
mounted attack
commander Edmund Allenby NERFINISHED
Erich von Falkenhayn NERFINISHED
Kress von Kressenstein NERFINISHED
conflict World War I
surface form: First World War
countryAtTime Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED
date 13 November 1917
followedBy Battle of Jerusalem NERFINISHED
front Middle Eastern theatre of World War I NERFINISHED
Palestine front
historicalPeriod World War I NERFINISHED
location Mughar Ridge NERFINISHED
Ottoman Palestine NERFINISHED
near Junction Station
militaryFormationInvolved 3rd (Lahore) Division NERFINISHED
75th Division (British Army) NERFINISHED
Anzac Mounted Division NERFINISHED
Desert Mounted Corps NERFINISHED
XXI Corps (British Army) NERFINISHED
Yeomanry Mounted Division NERFINISHED
notableUnitAction mounted charge by Yeomanry Mounted Division GENERATED
objective capture of Ottoman positions on Mughar Ridge
seizure of Junction Station
opponentStrength Ottoman infantry and artillery formations
partOf British advance to Jerusalem
Sinai and Palestine Campaign NERFINISHED
precededBy Third Battle of Gaza NERFINISHED
region Levant NERFINISHED
result British Empire victory
decisive defeat of Ottoman forces
significance contributed to fall of Jerusalem in December 1917
strategicEffect helped break Ottoman defensive line west of Jerusalem
secured British advance toward Jerusalem
territorialChange British forces advanced inland in Palestine
year 1917

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British Egyptian Expeditionary Force engagement Battle of Mughar Ridge