Battle of Gaza

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Gaza was a series of World War I engagements between British Empire and Ottoman forces near Gaza in Palestine, pivotal to the Sinai and Palestine Campaign.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Third Battle of Gaza 8
Battle of Gaza canonical 4
Second Battle of Gaza 4

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
belligerent British Empire ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
commander Archibald Murray ⓘ
Charles Dobell ⓘ
Edmund Allenby ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
countryInvolved Australia ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
India ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
date 1917 ⓘ
endDate 1917-03-27 ⓘ
1917-04-19 ⓘ
1917-11-07 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Beersheba (1917) ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Beersheba

Capture of Jerusalem ⓘ
front Palestine front ⓘ
Sinai front ⓘ
hasPart Battle of Gaza self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: First Battle of Gaza

Battle of Gaza self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Second Battle of Gaza

Battle of Gaza self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Third Battle of Gaza
involvedUnit Desert Mounted Corps ⓘ
British Egyptian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
surface form: Egyptian Expeditionary Force

Ottoman Yildirim Army Group ⓘ
location Gaza Strip ⓘ
surface form: Gaza

Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Palestine ⓘ
opposingCommander Erich von Falkenhayn ⓘ
Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein ⓘ
partOf Battle of Gaza self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Middle Eastern theatre of World War I ⓘ
Sinai and Palestine campaign ⓘ
surface form: Sinai and Palestine Campaign
precededBy Sinai and Palestine campaign ⓘ
surface form: Sinai campaign
result British Empire victory ⓘ
Ottoman victory ⓘ
series of engagements with mixed outcomes ⓘ
startDate 1917-03-26 ⓘ
1917-04-17 ⓘ
1917-10-31 ⓘ
strategicImportance key to breaking Ottoman defensive line in southern Palestine ⓘ
pivotal to British advance into Palestine ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Middle Eastern theatre of World War I → notableBattle → Battle of Gaza ⓘ
Mediterranean theatre of World War I → significantEvent → Battle of Gaza ⓘ
Sinai and Palestine campaign → notableBattle → Battle of Gaza ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Battle of Gaza
Sinai and Palestine campaign → notableBattle → Battle of Gaza ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Battle of Gaza
Sinai and Palestine campaign → notableBattle → Battle of Gaza ⓘ
this entity surface form: Third Battle of Gaza
Jerusalem British War Cemetery → hasGravesFromBattle → Battle of Gaza ⓘ
this entity surface form: Third Battle of Gaza
Battle of Beersheba (1917) → precededBy → Battle of Gaza ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Battle of Gaza
Battle of Beersheba (1917) → followedBy → Battle of Gaza ⓘ
this entity surface form: Third Battle of Gaza
52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division → notableEngagement → Battle of Gaza ⓘ
this entity surface form: Third Battle of Gaza
British Egyptian Expeditionary Force → engagement → Battle of Gaza ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Battle of Gaza
British Egyptian Expeditionary Force → engagement → Battle of Gaza ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Battle of Gaza
British Egyptian Expeditionary Force → engagement → Battle of Gaza ⓘ
this entity surface form: Third Battle of Gaza
Battle of Gaza → hasPart → Battle of Gaza self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Battle of Gaza
Battle of Gaza → hasPart → Battle of Gaza self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Battle of Gaza
Battle of Gaza → hasPart → Battle of Gaza self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Third Battle of Gaza
Battle of Gaza → partOf → Battle of Gaza self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: First Battle of Gaza
Desert Mounted Corps → engagement → Battle of Gaza ⓘ
this entity surface form: Third Battle of Gaza
Ottoman Yildirim Army Group → engagement → Battle of Gaza ⓘ
this entity surface form: Third Battle of Gaza
Battle of Rafa → followedBy → Battle of Gaza ⓘ