Battle of Beersheba (1917) - Aftermath

Aftermath

In the capture of Beersheba, the 4th Light Horse Brigade took 38 officers and 700 other ranks prisoner, and captured four field guns. In the two regiments, only 31 men were killed (including two officers) and only 36 men wounded (including eight officers). The total losses incurred by the Desert Mounted Corps was 53 men killed and 144 wounded. The heaviest Allied losses were suffered by the British infantry of XX Corps, which lost 116 killed in action, although the total number of men killed during the battle from the British force was far greater, totalling 171 men.