Battle of Hareira and Sheria
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The Battle of Hareira and Sheria was fought on 6–7 November 1917 when the Egyptian Expeditionary Force attacked and captured the Yildirim Army Group's defensive systems protecting Hareira and Sheria in the centre of the Gaza to Beersheba line, during the Southern Palestine Offensive of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign in World War I.
Ottoman 10.5-centimetre (4.1 in) howitzer at Hareira
Ottoman military town of Hafir el Aujah, the Principal Desert Base relocated to Tel el Sheria
Ottoman bakery at Sheria
Ottoman lancers in foreground, infantry in the distance, with defensive ground works in the Hareira area
Egyptian Expeditionary Force
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The Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) was a British Empire military formation, formed on 10 March 1916 under the command of General Archibald Murray from the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force and the Force in Egypt (1914–15), at the beginning of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of the First World War.
A mint stamp of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force available at EEF post offices in Lebanon.
1920 EEF Laissez-passer issued at Jerusalem, British-occupied Palestine.