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jan 8, 1917 - Advance on Rafa

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Lieutenant General Philip Chetwode, commanding the Desert Column, rode out of El Arish at 16:00 on 8 January towards Rafa where a 2,000-strong Ottoman garrison was based. Rafa was captured on 9 January.

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jan 8, 1917
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~ 108 years ago