First Battle of Gaza
The First Battle of Gaza was fought on 26 March 1917 during the first attempt by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) to invade the south of Palestine in the Ottoman Empire during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of the First World War. Fighting took place in and around the town of Gaza on the Mediterranean coast when infantry and mounted infantry from the Desert Column, a component of the Eastern Force, attacked the town. Late in the afternoon, on the verge of capturing Gaza, the Desert Column was withdrawn due to concerns about the approaching darkness and large Ottoman reinforcements. This British defeat was followed a few weeks later by the even more emphatic defeat of the Eastern Force at the Second Battle of Gaza in April 1917.
158th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
162nd (East Midland) Brigade
2nd Light Horse Brigade
3rd Light Horse Brigade
52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division
53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division
54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division
Alexander Kearsey
Charles Macpherson Dobell
Desert Column
Egyptian Camel Transport Corps
Essex Brigade
Hampshire Royal Horse Artillery
Harry Chauvel
Philip Chetwode, 1st Baron Chetwode
A Battery, Honourable Artillery CompanyAyrshire Royal Horse ArtilleryB Battery, Honourable Artillery CompanyBerkshire Royal Horse ArtilleryEssex Royal Horse ArtilleryIII Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery (T.F.)IV Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery (T.F.)Inverness-shire Royal Horse ArtilleryLeicestershire Royal Horse ArtilleryNottinghamshire Royal Horse ArtillerySomerset Royal Horse ArtillerySussex YeomanryWilliam Meldrum (general)XIX Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery (T.F.)XX Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery (T.F.)
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First Battle of Gaza
The First Battle of Gaza was fought on 26 March 1917 during the first attempt by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) to invade the south of Palestine in the Ottoman Empire during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of the First World War. Fighting took place in and around the town of Gaza on the Mediterranean coast when infantry and mounted infantry from the Desert Column, a component of the Eastern Force, attacked the town. Late in the afternoon, on the verge of capturing Gaza, the Desert Column was withdrawn due to concerns about the approaching darkness and large Ottoman reinforcements. This British defeat was followed a few weeks later by the even more emphatic defeat of the Eastern Force at the Second Battle of Gaza in April 1917.
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25بك المحتوى هنا ينقصه الاستشه ...... حاجة للتوسيع. شارك في تحريرها.
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A Primeira Batalha de Gaza oco ...... ltima análise, na sua derrota.
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La première bataille de Gaza e ...... lde par une victoire ottomane.
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The First Battle of Gaza was f ...... feat from the jaws of victory.
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2932 wounded
512 missing
523 killed
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1917-03-26
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Ottoman victory
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2,000 almost doubled by reinforcements
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Ottoman officers who successfully defended Gaza during the first battle.
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Eastern Force
::52nd (Lowland) ...... ::Imperial Camel Corps Brigade
Fourth Army
:79th Infantry Reg ...... th and 48th Infantry Regiments
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25بك المحتوى هنا ينقصه الاستشه ...... حاجة للتوسيع. شارك في تحريرها.
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A Primeira Batalha de Gaza oco ...... lha de Gaza, em Abril de 1917.
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La première bataille de Gaza e ...... lde par une victoire ottomane.
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The First Battle of Gaza was f ...... Battle of Gaza in April 1917.
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First Battle of Gaza
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Première bataille de Gaza
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Primeira Batalha de Gaza
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معركة غزة الأولى
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First Battle of Gaza
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