First Battle of Gaza

When

26 Mar 1917

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

32.05° N, 35.29° E

Location

Gaza, southern Palestine

Outcome

Ottoman victory

Belligerents

Ottoman Empire German Empire Austria-Hungary vs British Empire, Canada, British India, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom

Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.

1917 battle in the Middle Eastern theatre of WWI

The First Battle of Gaza was fought on 26 March 1917 during the first attempt by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF), which was a British Empire military formation, formed on 10 March 1916 under the command of General Archibald Murray from the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force and the Force in Egypt (1914–15), at the beginning of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of the First World War.

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