Battle of Katia
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The Battle of Katia, also known as the Affair of Qatia by the British, was an engagement fought east of the Suez Canal and north of El Ferdan Station, in the vicinity of Katia and Oghratina, on 23 April 1916 during the Defence of the Suez Canal Campaign of World War I. An Ottoman force led by the German General Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein made a surprise attack on three and a half squadrons of the British 5th Mounted Brigade, which was widely scattered to the east of Romani. The mounted brigade had been ordered to the area to protect the new railway and water pipeline being built from Kantara on the Suez Canal, as this infrastructure extended out past the Canal's zone of defences into the Sinai Peninsula towards Romani. Kress Von Kressenstein's attack was completely successful, decimating the equivalent of little more than a regiment. On the same day, an associated Ottoman attack on Duidar, very close to the Suez Canal, failed when it met with strong British opposition.
1916
Wikimedia, Wikidata
Ottoman Empire, Egypt, 
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Location: 30.9667, 32.75, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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Battle of Katia map (Gullett p 83)| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| event | armed conflict | 54 | Battle of Pelusium | battle, Ancient Rome, Ptolemaic Kingdom | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 372 | Battle of Pelusium | battle, Wikimedia duplicated page | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 524 | Battle of Pelusium | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 639 | Siege of Pelusium | Byzantine Empire, siege, Rashidun Caliphate | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Battle of Katia | Ottoman Empire, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Battle of Romani | Ottoman Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1916 | Battle of Bir el Abd | Ottoman Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| commons | image | Battle of Katia map (Gullett p 83) | Commons | ||
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