The Battle of Magdhaba took place on 23 December 1916 during the Defence of Egypt section of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign in the First World War.The Battles Nomenclature Committee assigned 'Affair' to those engagements between forces smaller than a

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; 'Action' to engagements between divisions and 'Battle' to engagements between

corps Corps (; plural ''corps'' ; from French , from the Latin "body") is a term used for several different kinds of organization. A military innovation by Napoleon I, the formation was first named as such in 1805. The size of a corps varies great ...

attles Nomenclature Committee 1922 p. 7 Attles is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Al Attles (born 1936), American basketball player and coach * Joseph Attles (1903–1990), American actor {{Short pages monitor

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Australian Light Horse Studies Centre

El Arish and El Magdhaba

Comparison of Maps – Australian, British and Turkish Histories
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