In 1916, the Anzac mounted division, under the direction of Major-General Chauvel, defeated an entrenched Ottoman army garrison in the Battle of Magdhaba in the Sinai desert during World War I.
In 1916, the Anzac mounted division, under the direction of Major-General Chauvel, defeated an entrenched Ottoman army garrison in the Battle of Magdhaba in the Sinai desert during World War I.