Battle of Beersheba (1917)
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The Battle of Beersheba (Turkish: Birüssebi Muharebesi, German: Schlacht von Beerscheba)[Note 1] was fought on 31 October 1917, when the British Empire's Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) attacked and captured the Ottoman Empire's Yildirim Army Group garrison at Beersheba, beginning the Southern Palestine Offensive of the Sinai and Palestine campaign of World War I.
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Battle of Beersheba | |||||||
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Part of the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I | |||||||
Beersheba in 1917 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
New Zealand |
Ottoman Empire Germany (military commanders) | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Edmund Allenby Harry Chauvel Edward Chaytor Philip Chetwode |
Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein Fevzi Pasha İsmet Bey | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Egyptian Expeditionary Force
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Yildirim Army Group
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Strength | |||||||
47,500 rifles, 15,000 troopers | 4,400 rifles, 60 machine guns, 28 field guns | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
171 killed in action |
~ 1,000 killed or wounded[1] 1,947 prisoners |
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