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82–402 killed, 1,337–1,364 wounded, 247 missing, 200 prisoners. The Second Battle of Gaza was fought on 17–19 April 1917, following the defeat of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) at the First Battle of Gaza in March, during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of the First World War.
The second battle of Gaza, 17-19 April 1917, was the second British attempt to capture Gaza in under a week. The first attempt, on 26-2 March, had come close to success before a lack of information forced the British commander, General Dobell, to cancel the attack.
Nov 5, 2009 · In the wake of the failed British assault on Gaza of March 26, 1917, Sir Archibald Murray, commander of British forces in the region, misrepresented the battle as a clear Allied victory,...
The British had very nearly caught Kressenstein's forces by surprise during the first encounter, aided by a dense sea fog, but was saved from defeat by a serious misjudgement by Murray's subordinate commander Sir Charles Dobell. Thus the battle was renewed on 17 April 1917.
Jun 12, 2023 · Overview. Murray reported the first battle as a clear-cut British victory, even though it was actually a draw. He accurately reported British casualties of 4,000, but he tripled the number of Turkish casualties, which were actually lower at 2,400.
The British gamble on winning a quick and daring victory at Gaza in March 1917 had failed. The commander of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF), Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald Murray, now drew up a more cautious plan for a second attempt to take the town, three weeks later.
The first and second battles for Gaza (fought on 26 March and 19 April) proved costly defeats for the British forces, who could not find a way to break through the heavily-fortified Turkish defences along the Gaza-Beersheba line, which stretched some 50km inland from the Mediterranean coast.
