✦ History

Part of World War I, Middle Eastern theatre of World War I

First Battle of Gaza

March 26, 1917 · First Battle of Gaza

Result Central Powers victory

The Egyptian Expeditionary Force nearly took Gaza, then withdrew at nightfall.

On the map Contemporaries

Allies

Central Powers

Other

United Kingdom
Australia
New Zealand
British Raj
Canada
Ottoman Empire
German Empire
Austria-Hungary
Philip Chetwode military commander Archibald James Murray military commander Charles Macpherson Dobell military commander
Djemal Pasha military commander Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein military commander Rüştü Sakarya military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
31,000
Casualties
3,967
Wounded
2,932
Strength
19,000
Casualties
1,707

Units

Desert Column Egyptian Expeditionary Force Imperial Camel Corps 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division ANZAC Mounted Division Australian Mounted Division 2nd Light Horse Brigade 3rd Light Horse Brigade 1st Flintshire Rifle Volunteers
Fourth Army (Ottoman Empire)
Egyptian Camel Transport Corps