 Following the victory at Romani the Anzac Mounted Division pushed the German and Turkish Army back across the Sinai Peninsula.The German and Turkish forces had been put on the defensive and retreated from Bir el Abd on 12 August 1916 towards the Egyptian–Turkish frontier, the day after being attacked by the Anzac Mounted Division.A Turkish rearguard action was fought at Bir el Mazar before the German and Turkish force retired to El Arish in September.