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Article: The raid on Jifjafa -- April 1916 (Part 1).
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- September 1, 2001
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From 11-14 April 1916 a small British Imperial force, the main combat element of which was drawn from the 9th Australian Light Horse Regiment, conducted a long-range raid against the Turkish post at Jifjafa. (1) Jifjafa, located in the Sinai Desert 84 kilometres (52 miles) east of Ismailia on the Suez Canal, was the site of drilling for water by the Turkish Army. In this operation, the first offensive action by the Australian Light Horse in the Sinai campaign, (2) the raiding force covered some 260 kilometres (160 miles) in three and a half days over largely unknown territory much of it by night; fought a sharp action in which it overwhelmed the Turkish post, killed or ...
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