Battle of Beersheba (1917)

Battle of Beersheba
Part of the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
Beersheba in 1917
Date 31 October 1917 Location Beersheba, Ottoman Empire Result British victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom  Australia  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 XX Corps 10th (Irish), 60th (London), 74th (Yeomanry) divisions Imperial Camel Brigade Desert Mounted Corps Anzac and Australian mounted divisions 7th Mounted Brigade	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)
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

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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