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Battle of Magdhaba
By mid-December 1916 the Egyptian Expeditionary Force had advanced across the Sinai to within sight of the original objective of the campaign, the town of El Arish.
Ottoman regimental standard
Regimental standard of the Ottoman 80th Infantry Regiment captured at Magdhaba, 1916.
Ottoman headquarters staff captured at Magdhaba
Members of the Turkish headquarters staff captured at Magdhaba, December 1916.
Transporting wounded from Magdhaba
Medical sand carts transporting wounded along the coast after the Battle of Magdhaba, December 1916.
Water reservoirs at Magdhaba
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Guy Powles(left) and Brigadier-General Charles Cox survey a series of incomplete rock-cut water reservoirs at Magdhaba, December 1916.
Cameliers at the Battle of Magdhaba 1916
Painting of cameliers at the Battle of Magdhaba 1916
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