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Battle of Rafa
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Battle of Rafa
The
Battle of Rafa
, also known as the
Action of Rafah
, fought on 9 January 1917, was the third and final battle to complete the recapture of the
Sinai Peninsula
by British forces during the
Sinai and Palestine Campaign
of the
First World War
. The
Desert Column
of the
Egyptian Expeditionary Force
(EEF) attacked an entrenched
Ottoman Army
garrison at El Magruntein to the south of
Rafa
, close to the frontier between the
Sultanate of Egypt
and the
Ottoman Empire
, to the north and east of Sheikh Zowaiid. The attack marked the beginning of fighting in the Ottoman territory of
Palestine
.
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