Capture of Wadi el Hesi
The Capture of Wadi el Hesi and the associated Sausage Ridge, began during the evening of 7 November 1917, was fiercely fought for during 8 November and not cleared until the early hours of 9 November, at the beginning of the pursuit phase of the Southern Palestine Offensive in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign during World War I. The advancing British Empire units of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) were held by rearguard units of the withdrawing Ottoman Empire units of the Yildirim Army Group, holding a strategically strong position to the north of Gaza.
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Capture of Wadi el Hesi
The Capture of Wadi el Hesi and the associated Sausage Ridge, began during the evening of 7 November 1917, was fiercely fought for during 8 November and not cleared until the early hours of 9 November, at the beginning of the pursuit phase of the Southern Palestine Offensive in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign during World War I. The advancing British Empire units of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) were held by rearguard units of the withdrawing Ottoman Empire units of the Yildirim Army Group, holding a strategically strong position to the north of Gaza.
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The Capture of Wadi el Hesi an ...... e withdrawing Ottoman columns.
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معركة وادي الحصى أو الاستيلاء ...... ك واستولت على وادي الحصى منهم.
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The Capture of Wadi el Hesi an ...... position to the north of Gaza.
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معركة وادي الحصى أو الاستيلاء ...... ك واستولت على وادي الحصى منهم.
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معركة وادي الحصى
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