Charge at Huj 1917
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Date | 8 November 1917 | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 1917 | Wikidata P585 (point in time) |
| Era | World War I era (1914–1918) | derived from year |
| Location | Israel | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Asia | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Middle Eastern theater of World War I | Wikidata P361 |
| Coordinates | 31.5097, 34.6225 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The Charge at Huj (8 November 1917), also known by the British as the Affair of Huj, was an engagement between forces of the British Empire's Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) and the Ottoman Turkish Empire's, Yildirim Army Group during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of the First World War. It took place during the Pursuit phase of the Southern Palestine Offensive which eventually captured Jerusalem a month later.
The charge was carried out by units of the 5th Mounted Brigade, against a rearguard position of German, Austrian and Turkish artillery and infantry armed with machine guns. The charge was successful and the British captured the position, seventy prisoners, eleven pieces of artillery and four machine guns. However British casualties were heavy; of the 170 men taking part, 26 were killed and 40 wounded. They also had 100 horses killed.
The charge is claimed to be one of the last British cavalry charges and was immortalised in a watercolour painting by the noted British artist Lady Butler.
Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Charge at Huj (revision 1370610799), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; formatting and citations removed. No text added.
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