First Battle Of Gaza

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The First Battle of Gaza was a World War I battle on the southern border of Palestine. After eight months of painstaking advances, British Empire forces had succeeded in driving the Turkish forces from the Sinai Peninsula where they had been attempting to menace the Allied supply route through the Suez Canal. Now the Allies were trying to advance into Palestine with the ultimate goal of cutting off the Turkish forces in Mesopotamia and on the Arabian Peninsula. As a first step, they needed to capture the stronghold of Gaza which dominated the southern coastal route into Palestine. The battle was the first predominantly infantry assault of the campaign and was a costly fiasco for the British command who handed victory to the Turks.