British recapture El Arish (Sinai)

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British recapture El Arish (Sinai)
Date: Thursday, 21 Dec 1916

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Leading units of the ANZAC Mounted Division and the Imperial Camel Brigade surrounded El Arish unopposed on the morning of 21 December 1916. The town was founded to be abandoned by Turkish forces.

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