Battle of Romani
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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
Friedrich Siegmund Georg Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein was a German general from Nuremberg. He was a member of the group of German officers who assisted in the direction of the Ottoman Army during W
Battle of Romani
…Desert to attack the Suez Canal at Ismailia. Without these wells and cisterns, the central route could no longer be used by large forces. German General Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein's raiding force retaliated to this growing British presence by attacking the widely dispersed 5th Mounted Brigade on 23 April—Easter Sunday and also…
While in Ottoman military uniform as commander of the Sinai and Palestine campaign, 1916