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The
Ottoman
camel corps
at
Beersheba
before the
First Suez Offensive
of
World War I
. Although the main thrust of the offensive on February 3, 1915, was unsuccessful in capturing the
Suez Canal
, the Ottoman army achieved its objective because the British were forced to keep more troops in
Egypt
than they had expected.
Photo:
American Colony
; Restoration:
Lise Broer
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