First Battle of Gaza
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The First Battle of Gaza was fought on 26 March 1917 during the first attempt by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, which was a British Empire military formation, formed on 10 March 1916 under the comm
Ottoman officers who successfully defended Gaza during the first battle
The Eastern Desert (also known as the Negev)
Australian prisoners captured at Shellal
Kress Von Kressenstein and Colonel Gott at Huj in 1916
Battle of Rafa
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The Battle of Rafa, also known as the Action of Rafah, fought on 9 January 1917, was the third and final battle to complete the recapture of the Sinai Peninsula by British forces during the Sinai and
Part of the British Empire firing line at Rafa
Laying the railway across the Sinai
The town of Hafir el Aujah, the Ottoman Army's principal desert base
Boundary pillars on the Egyptian Sinai-Ottoman Palestine frontier