{"html":"  \u003cdiv class=\"timeline-details-images\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"timeline-details-image js-timeline-anchor timeline-anchor \"\n        style=\"background-image: url(https://digitize-vwma.s3.amazonaws.com/I/images/35898/photo/zoom_Camel_corps_at_Magdhaba.jpg)\"\u003e\n      \u003c/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"timeline-details-image js-timeline-anchor timeline-anchor hidden\"\n        style=\"background-image: url(https://digitize-vwma.s3.amazonaws.com/I/images/39154/photo/zoom_1024px-DIORAMA_OF_BATTLE_OF_MAGDHABA.jpg)\"\u003e\n      \u003c/div\u003e\n  \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"timeline-details-description with-image\"\u003e\n  \u003ch4 class=\"js-timeline-anchor timeline-anchor\"\u003eBattle of Magdhaba\u003c/h4\u003e\n  \u003ch4 class=\"tiny-mce-heading-color\"\u003eBattle of Magdhaba Middle East 23 Dec 1916 - 5 January 1917\u003c/h4\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eMagdhaba, a village located in the northern Sinai desert, was the scene of an action\u003cbr\u003efought on 23 December 1916 when Turkish forces blocking the route to Palestine were\u003cbr\u003eattacked by Major General Harry Chauvel's ANZAC Mounted Division, which had the\u003cbr\u003eImperial Camel Corps attached.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eSuccess in this hard fought action was secured through a resolute assault with the \u003cbr\u003ebayonet by the 1st Light Horse Brigade, commanded by Brigadier Charles Cox, just \u003cbr\u003eas Chauvel ordered his force to withdraw.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eA mounted charge by the 10th Light Horse to secure vital water supplies nearby was \u003cbr\u003ealso a vital contributory factor in the victory.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis action, combined with the success at Rafa on 9 January 1917, opened the way\u003cbr\u003efor the final expulsion of the Turks from Sinai.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eSourced by Julianne T Ryan, courtesy of AWM.  19/3/2015.  Lest we forget.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n"}