Pertempuran Magdhaba

Pertempuran Magdhaba (resmi dikenal oleh Inggris sebagai Affair of Magdhaba) terjadi pada 23 Desember 1916 saat bagian Pertahanan Mesir dari Kampanye Sinai dan Palestina dalam Perang Dunia Pertama. Serangan oleh Anzac Mounted Division tersebut terjadi melawan garisun Tentara Ottoman berparit di tenggara Bir Lahfan di gurun Sinai, berjarak sekitar 18–25 mil (29–40 km) dari pantai Laut Tengah. Kemenangan Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) melawan garisun Kekaisaran Ottoman ini juga membebaskan kota El Arish setelah garisun Ottoman mundur.

Pertempuran Magdhaba
Bagian dari Teater Timur Tengah pada Perang Dunia I
Korps unta di Magdhaba oleh Harold Septimus Power, 1925
Tanggal 23 Desember 1916 Lokasi Jazirah Sinai, Mesir Hasil Kemenangan Kekaisaran Britania
Pihak terlibat
Kekaisaran Britania Britania Raya Australia Selandia Baru	Kekaisaran Ottoman
Tokoh dan pemimpin
Harry Chauvel	Khadir Bey
Pasukan
1st Light Horse Brigade 3rd Light Horse Brigade New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade Imperial Camel Brigade RAN Bridging Train	Batalion ke-2 dan ke-3 dari Resimen Infanteri ke-80 Pasukan pendukung
Kekuatan
6,000	2,000
Korban
22 tewas 124 luka-luka	300+ tewas dari 97 kematian terkonfirmasi 300 luka-luka dari 40 pernyataan terkonfirmasi 1,242–1,282 tahanan

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Referensi

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Pranala luar

• "AWM4/1/60/10 Anzac Mounted Division War Diary". Canberra: Australian War Memorial. December 1916. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 21 March 2011. 
• American Colony (Jerusalem) Photo Department (1914–1917). "World War I in Palestine and the Sinai Photo Album". Washington D. C.: The Library of Congress. OCLC 231653216. 
• Australian Light Horse Studies Centre−
• El Arish and El Magdhaba
• Comparison of Maps – Australian, British and Turkish Histories