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Title: The Times history of the war
Year: 1914 (1910s)
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Subjects: Times history of the war Times history and encyclopaedia of the war World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: London
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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RAFA, ON THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN EGYPT AND PALESTINE. THE TIMES HISTORY OF THE WAR. 399
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^^«^SpJ^ MOUNTED AMBULANGE-MENS IMPROVISED STRETCHER, In which a rifle Is used as an extemporized splint. This brilliant exploit was followed up onJanuary 9, 1917, by the capture of Rafa. TheAnzac Mounted Division and the Imperial CamelCorps stormed the enemy position coveringthat place and defeated a column inarching toits relief. The enemy casualties were over2,200, of whom 1,600 were linwounded prisoners—^Turkish regulars. The title of the SuezCanal Defence Force had become a misnoiner,the offensive-defence hwl become a trueoffensive ; in northern Sinai there was not aTurk left. iJuring 1910 the internnl situation in JJgy(>tMteadily improved. This was due not only tothe success of the IJritish troops in Sinai, butalso tolflio defeat of the Senussites andtheir grarlual ejectment from the oases west ofthe Nile, and to the achievements of theEgyptian Army in the Surlan. In the iJiirfurcamf)Hign, exce(>t for the uir Sfjrvice, Kgyjjtiuntroops warn exclusively employed. An accou

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