| Battle of Beersheba |
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| Part of the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I |
Beersheba in 1917 |
| Date | 31 October 1917 |
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| Location | |
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| Result |
British victory |
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| Belligerents |
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United Kingdom
Australia
New Zealand
Arab Revolt |
Ottoman Empire
Germany (military commanders) |
| Commanders and leaders |
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Edmund Allenby
Harry Chauvel
Edward Chaytor
Philip Chetwode |
Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein
Fevzi Pasha
İsmet Bey |
| Units involved |
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Egyptian Expeditionary Force
XX Corps
- 10th (Irish), 60th (London), 74th (Yeomanry) divisions
- Imperial Camel Brigade
Desert Mounted Corps
- Anzac and Australian mounted divisions
- 7th Mounted Brigade
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Yildirim Army Group
Seventh Army
III Corps
- 81st Infantry Regiment and 67th Infantry Regiment (27th Division)
- 48th Infantry Regiment (16th Division)
- 2nd Regiment (24th Division)
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| Strength |
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- 47,500 rifles
- 15,000 troopers
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- 4,400 rifles
- 60 machine guns
- 28 field guns
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| Casualties and losses |
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171 killed in action |
~ 1,000 killed or wounded[1]
1,947 prisoners |
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- Europe
- Middle East
- Africa
- South West Africa
- Togoland
- Cameroon
- East Africa
- North Africa
- Morocco
- Libya
- Darfur
- Somaliland
- Ethiopia
- Asia-Pacific
- Tsingtao
- Samoa
- New Guinea
- North-West Frontier
- Central Asia
- Naval theatres
- U-boat
- Atlantic
- Mediterranean
- Air theatres
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- Sinai
- Suez Canal
- 2nd Suez Canal
- Bir el Abd
- Magdhaba
- Nekhl
- Bir el Hassana
- Southern Palestine
- Rafa
- 1st Gaza
- 2nd Gaza
- 1st Southern Palestine
- Hafir el Auja railway
- Buggar Ridge
- 2nd Southern Palestine
- Khuweilfe
- 3rd Gaza
- Hareira & Sheria
- Wadi el Hesi
- Huj
- Mughar Ridge
- Junction Station
- Ayun Kara
- Jerusalem
- Nebi Samwil
- Jaffa
- El Burj
- Judean Hills
- Tell 'Asur
- Berukin & 1st Arara
- Transjordan
- Jericho
- Jordan Valley
- 1st Transjordan
- 2nd Transjordan
- Abu Tellul
- 3rd Transjordan
- Northern Palestine
- Arsuf
- Megiddo
- Sharon
- Tulkarm
- Tabsor
- 2nd Arara
- Nazareth
- Afulah & Beisan
- Jenin
- Haifa
- Samakh
- Tiberias
- Nablus
- Syria
- Damascus
- Irbid
- Jisr Benat Yakub
- Kaukab
- Kiswe
- Khan Ayash
- Northern Syria
- Arab Revolt
- Mecca
- Medina
- Taif
- Yanbu
- Aqaba
- Wadi Musa
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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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