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To push north Feisal needed the powerful Bedouin warlord Auda Abu Tayeh on his side. With his support Feisal's enlarged army could leave the coast and pass through the interior, where the Turks feared to tread.
Auda and Lawrence hatched an audacious plan to ride deep into the desert which meant they could strike the Turkish stronghold of Aqaba from the rear. The plan worked.
The port was only heavily-defended towards the sea. The emergence of an Arab army from behind them came as a complete surprise to the Turks and Aqaba fell.
The Arabs now controlled this important port on the Red Sea and could look even further north.
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Aqaba pointed towards the sea. Feisal's men secured victory at the cost of only two of their men.
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