Battle of El Tor (1915)

Battle of El Tor
Part of the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
Date30 January – 12 February 1915
Location
El Tor, southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula, Sultanate of Egypt
Result Egyptian victory
Belligerents

 British Empire

  Ottoman Empire
 German Empire
Commanders and leaders
Mostafa Helmy Hussein Fawzi
George Qandas
Units involved
A platoon of the 2nd Egyptian Bayada (infantry) battalion. 3rd Division Ottoman
Strength
200+150, two blocks led by Yuzbashi Mostafa Helmy and other Egyptian officers.
200, Infantry Brigade 2/7 Gurkha Rifles.		 200 Bedouin, 1 Turkish officer and 2 German officers.
Casualties and losses
1 Gurkha soldier killed. ~60 Bedouins killed
100+ captured.

The Battle of El Tor was fought in 1915 between the United Kingdom, Sultanate of Egypt, the Ottoman and German empires, as a part of World War I.

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