British General Edmund Allenby, Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF), had won a decisive victory against the German General Erich von Falkenhayn, commander of Ottoman forces in Palestine, at the Battle of Mughar Ridge on 13 November.
O xeneral británico Edmund Allenby, comandante en xefe da Forza Expedicionaria Exipcia (EEF), obtivera unha vitoria decisiva contra o comandante alemán Erich von Falkenhayn, comandante das forzas otomás en Palestina, na batalla de Mughar Ridge, o 13 de novembro.