The Battle of Romani was the last ground attack of the Central Powers on the Suez Canal at the beginning of the Sinai and Palestine campaign during the First World War. The battle was fought between 3
8th Light Horse Regiment at Romani
Laying the railway track across the Sinai Desert.
Members of the Australian Flying Corps in 1916
Ismailia Aerodrome with BE 2C two seater aircraft outside the hangars
The Asia Corps was a formation of the Imperial German Army which was sent to the Middle East to assist the military of the Ottoman Empire in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I.
Battle of Romani
…Horse Brigade took turns pushing out to battle the advancing hostile column. During the night of 3/4 August the advancing force, including the German Asia Corps (Pasha I) formation and the Ottoman 3rd Infantry Division, launched an attack from Katia on Romani. Forward troops quickly became engaged with the…
Medics from Asia Corps carrying a wounded soldier with camel (Palestine/May 1918).
Austro-Hungarian troops marching to their quarters at St. Paulus, Jerusalem.