Battle of Magdhaba

Painting depicts mounted troops of the Imperial Camel Corps Brigade with the Egyptian town of Magdhaba in the distance, 23 December 1916.

Map showing operations of the Australia and New Zealand Mounted Division at the Battle of Maghdaba, 23 December 1916.

9th Light Horse Regiment Magdhaba

Sandcart convoy travelling on the beach from El Arish after the battle of Magdhaba

Australian War Memorial image P00812.011. An Australian soldier firing a Lewis Gun during the Battle of Magdhaba

Camels at Maghdabah.

BATTLE OF MAGDHABA, 1916, PALESTINE CAMPAIGN. DIORAMA IS IN THE AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL IN CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA. IT SHOW AUSTRALIAN CAVALRY CHARGING THE TURKISH LINES.

Kantara to El Arish showing Ballah railhead between Kantara and Ferdan.

Photograph of Ottoman prisoners of war, captured at the Battle of Maghdhaba.

Map showing northern Sinai desert region in World War I; Magdhaba and the railway from Auja to Beersheba.
Military staff at Magdabah, captured in the British raid, 1916. LC-DIG-ppmsca-13709-00057 (digital file from original on page 16, no.56)
Historical Overview
British victory in the Sinai using mobile desert cavalry.
Quick Facts
British & ANZAC
- Commander: Harry Chauvel
- Strength: ca. 7.000
- Casualties: ca. 140
Ottoman Empire
- Commander: unbekannt
- Strength: ca. 1.600
- Casualties: ca. 1.500
Strategic Context
Securing the Sinai Peninsula and preparing the Palestine campaign.
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