Jerusalem/New Delhi, Oct 20 (Agency) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday unveiled a memorial plaque for Indian Army soldiers who fought in the Battle of Tabsor in 1918 in World War I, and saluted the valour of Indian soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice there. Jaishankar was also treated to some music by children in the city of Raanana, who sang “You’ve got a friend in me”, for the visiting Indian minister. “Unveiled the memorial plaque for Indian Army soldiers who fought at the Battle of Tabsor in the Megiddo Offensive of September 1918. “This is part of a larger India Trail that will bring out the role of our soldiers in shaping the history of this region “Honoured to visit the site of the famous battle of Tabsor of WWI at Raanana.
“Salute the valour of the Indian soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice here,” he tweeted. The children sang “You’ve got a friend in me” during the special plaque unveiling ceremony in memory of the battle of Tabsor. The Battle of Tabsor was fought on September 19–20, 1918 in the last months of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of the First World War. During the infantry phase of the Battle of Sharon the British Empire 60th Division, XXI Corps attacked and captured the section of the front line nearest the Mediterranean coast under cover of an intense artillery barrage. During the Battle of Tabsor the 3rd Lahore, 7th Meerut and 75th Divisions comprising British Indian army soldiers attacked the entrenched Ottoman Empire Eighth Army defending the Tabsor defence. The British Indian Army’s 7th Meerut Division arrived from the campaign in Mesopotamia in January 1918, followed by the 3rd Lahore Division in April 1918.