High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Battle of Abu Tellul (also known as the Affair of Abu Tellul) was fought on 14 July 1918 during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of World War I between German and Ottoman Empire forces which attacked the front line of the British Empire garrison protecting their occupation of the Jordan Valley. The valley had been occupied by a regiment of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) from February 1918 when Jericho was captured. Following the two unsuccessful Egyptian Expeditionary Force`s Transjordan attacks in March and in April the valley became the responsibility of the commander of the Desert Mounted Corps.