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The Battles of Wassa, Egypt, 2 April 1915 & 31 July 1915, Contents Topic: BatzO - Wassa
The Battles of Wassa
Egypt, 2 April 1915 & 31 July 1915
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First Wassa (also Wozzer or Wazzir), 2 April 1915, the appellation given to the first of two unheroic riots in the Haret el Wassa (the brothel quarter of Cairo, Egypt) involving troops from Australia and New Zealand. Second Wassa, the second riotous outbreak in the Haret el Wassa (the brothel quarter of Cairo, Egypt), occurred on 31 July 1915 before the departure of the AIF 2nd Division for the Gallipoli Peninsula.
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The First Battle of Wassa, Egypt, 2 April 1915, Outline
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