In late July 1916 the Turks began preparations for a major attack on Allied troops near Romani. General Murray, C-in-C of the British forces in Egypt, rightly assessed the direction from which it would come and his wise dispositioning of his regiments led to a convicing victory. But it was after this that the arduous pursuit of the Turks across the Sinai began.

This article is located in the History of the First World War Volume 5 (REF D522 .H58 1969 V.5).