Second Battle of Gaza

April 17–19, 1917 · Gaza City

Result Central Powers victory

The British Egyptian Expeditionary Force attacked entrenched Ottoman defenders at Gaza with tanks and gas. The assault failed with heavy British losses.

On the map Contemporaries

Allies

Central Powers

Other

United Kingdom

France

Ottoman Empire

German Empire

Archibald James Murray military commander

Charles Macpherson Dobell military commander

Djemal Pasha military commander

Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 20,000
Casualties: 1,866–2,213
Wounded: 1,337–1,364
Captured: 200

Units

Imperial Camel Corps 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division 74th (Yeomanry) Division ANZAC Mounted Division Australian Mounted Division

Fourth Army (Ottoman Empire)

Desert Column Egyptian Camel Transport Corps 1st Light Horse Brigade 2nd Light Horse Brigade 3rd Light Horse Brigade 4th Light Horse Brigade