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Palestine campaign
The British invasion of Ottoman-held Palestine in 1917-18 was the third - and last - campaign launched by the Allies against the Ottoman Turks in the Middle East during the First World War.
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Page 5 – Third Battle of Gaza
The third, successful attempt by the British to capture Gaza began in late October 1917.
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Page 6 – The Trans-Jordan raids
Two raids east of the Jordan River cost 3000 casualties. They are the first real defeats suffered by the EEF since the Second Battle of Gaza.
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Main image: Lieutenant-General Sir Edmund Allenby
Lieutenant-General Sir Edmund Allenby KCB, commander of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) in Sinai and Palestine, 1917-1919.