Battle of Beersheba
Date: 31 October, 1917
The Battle of Beersheba (Turkish: Birüssebi Sava??, German: Schlacht von Birüssebi),[Note 1] was fought on 31 October 1917, when the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) attacked and captured the Yildirim Army Group garrison at Beersheba, beginning the Southern Palestine Offensive of the Sinai and Palestine campaign of World War I.