Battle of Tel el Khuweilfe

Part of the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I

Guns of the Inverness Royal Horse Artillery in action against Tel el Khuweilfe on 2 November

Date	1–6 November 1917
Location	North of Beersheba in the Judean Hills of southern Palestine
Result	Egyptian Expeditionary Force (British) victory

Belligerents

British Empire

Ottoman Empire

German Empire

Commanders and leaders

Units involved

53rd (Welsh) Division
Anzac Mounted Division
5th Mounted Brigade (Australian Mounted Division)
Yeomanry Mounted Division

III Corps headquarters
6th and 8th Regiments (3rd Cavalry Division)
19th Division
27th Division (also known as the Beersheba Group)
2nd Regiment
125th Regiment (16th Division)
143rd Infantry Regiment (24th Division)
24th Division headquarters
12th Depot Regiment

British Empire

Ottoman Empire

The Battle of Tel el Khuweilfe, part of the Southern Palestine Offensive, began on 1 November 1917, the day after the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) victory at the Battle of Beersheba during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of World War I. After the Stalemate in Southern Palestine a series of coordinated attacks were launched by British Empire units on the Ottoman Empire's German commanded Yildirim Army Group's front line, which stretched from Gaza inland to Beersheba. During fighting for the town, the road from Beersheba to Jerusalem via Hebron, was cut just north of the town in the southern spur of the Judean Hills. Here Ottoman units strongly defended the road and the Seventh Army headquarters at Hebron.

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