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	First World War.com - Battles - The Second Battle of Gaza, 1917
		Having failed in his first attempt to capture Gaza on 26-27 March 1917, Sir Archibald Murray, commander of British-led forces in the region, was obliged to contemplate an early renewal of hostilities as a direct consequence of the manner of his report of the initial action to Britain's War Office.
		Thus the battle was renewed on 17 April 1917.
		It began with triumph at the Third Battle of Gaza in October/November 1917.
	www.firstworldwar.com /battles/gaza2.htm (488 words)

	Third Battle of Gaza Information
		The defence of Gaza was the responsibility of XX Corps which had three divisions in the front line (53rd, 3rd and 54th from west to east) and two in reserve (7th and 19th).
		East of Gaza, the XXII Corps was more thinly spread with the 26th and 16th divisions stretched from Atawineh to Hareira and the 27th Division defending Beersheba on the extreme left (east) flank.
		Further infantry attacks were to be made by XXI Corps on November 2 at Gaza and by XX Corps on November 4 at Sheria on the western end of the main fortified line, about halfway between Gaza and Beersheba.
	www.bookrags.com /Third_Battle_of_Gaza (2380 words)

	Ariel Sharon
		Deliberate or not, the attack was against military wisdom, as the Egyptian forces staying in the pass, would have probably withdrawn in a day or two (as B.H. Liddell Hart would have put it, the indirect strategy of blocking the enemy would be much more efficient that the frontal attack that Sharon chose).
		BBC reported that Sharon was denied the promotoion to chief of staff because someone inside or outside the government inferred in him a disregard for human life, based on their construing as brutal some aspect(s) of the occupation, under his command, of the West Bank and Gaza strip.
		While Labor was a part of his government, representatives Shimon Peres and Binyamin Ben-Eliezer occupied two out of three positions (the third is Sharon) in the "confined cabinet" that the full cabinet often authorizes to decide on military questions.
	www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/a/ar/ariel_sharon.html (2694 words)

	CWGC :: Cemetery Details
		Gaza is 3 kilometres inland from the Mediterranean coast, 65 kilometres south-east of Tel Aviv.
		Gaza War Cemetery is 1.5 kilometres north-east of the city near the Bureir Road and 370 metres from the railway station.
		The Second Battle of Gaza, 17-19 April, left the Turks in possession and the Third Battle of Gaza, begun on 27 October, ended with the capture of the ruined and deserted city on 7 November.
	www.cwgc.org /search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=71701&mode=1 (457 words)

	First World War.com - Battles - The Third Battle of Gaza, 1917
		With Edmund Allenby's appointment to command of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in the wake of two failed attacks at Gaza in March and April 1917 - replacing Sir Archibald Murray who was recalled to London - he was tasked by British Prime Minister David Lloyd George with the capture of Jerusalem by Christmas 1917.
		Both earlier attacks at Gaza had to some extent foundered on account of water shortages - an ever-present concern in desert warfare - and Allenby understood that establishing command of water supplies would be a key factor in his wider plan of capturing Jerusalem.
		Thus the Third Battle of Gaza - also referred to as the Battle of Beersheba - was initiated early on the morning of 31 October 1917.
	www.firstworldwar.com /battles/gaza3.htm (694 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Battle of Gaza
		The Battle of Gaza (312 BC) was fought between Ptolemy I of Egypt and Demetrius I of Macedon
		The Battle of Raphia in 217 BC, also known as the Battle of Gaza, was fought between Ptolemy IV of Egypt and Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom.
		The Third Battle of Gaza (October 31–November 7 1917) was a British victory
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Battle_of_Gaza (278 words)

	Palestine Monitor (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Gaza Strip is located on the Mediterranean Sea and borders Israel to the north and east and Egypt’s Sinai peninsula to the south.
		Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza is not a concession but rather a strategic choice to selectively obey international and Israeli law, which call for Israel’s withdrawal from illegally occupied Palestinian territory, in order to continue breaking the same law elsewhere, namely in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
		Gaza became a Muslim city in 635 when it was captured by adherents to the new religion.
	www.palestinemonitor.org /nueva_web/facts_sheets/GAZA.htm (2521 words)

	Third Battle of Gaza - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
		The Third Battle of Gaza was fought in 1917 in southern Palestine during World War I.
		Under the direction of his subordinate, General Charles Dobell, two attempts were made to capture Gaza on March 26 (First Battle of Gaza) and April 19 (Second Battle of Gaza).
		Murray had been an enthusiastic advocate of the offensive in Palestine; a stance that contributed to his downfall because the British War Office, who previously were unwilling to commit resources to a minor theatre of war, were now eager for results.
	www.music.us /education/T/Third-Battle-of-Gaza.htm (2576 words)

	Bambooweb: Third Battle of Gaza
		The defence of Gaza was the responsibility of XX Corps which had three divisions in the front line (53rd, 3rd and 54th from west to east) and two in reserve (7th and 19th).
		East of Gaza, the XXII Corps was more thinly spread with the 26th and 16th divisions stretched from Atawineh to Hareira and the 27th Division defending Beersheba on the extreme left (east) flank.
		Further infantry attacks were to be made by XXI Corps on November 2 at Gaza and by XX Corps on November 4 at Sheria on the western end of the main fortified line, about halfway between Gaza and Beersheba.
	www.bambooweb.com /articles/T/h/Third_Battle_of_Gaza.html (2370 words)

	Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
		Australian and New Zealand Divisions were involved in a number of the Battles of the Somme, July to November, 1916, while components of British corps but it was only during the Battle of Pozieres[?], 23rd July 1916, that an Anzac formation participated.
		2nd ANZAC (Australian 3rd and 4th Divisions, New Zealand Division plus the British 25th Division) fought in the Battle of Messines[?], July 1917, which was a prelude to an Allied offensive from the Ypres salient.
		At Villers-Bretonneux, in the 1918 First Battles of the Somme, the ANZAC designation ceased to be used to represent an army corps containing Australian and New Zealand Divisions.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/an/Anzac.html (481 words)

	Third battle of Gaza, 31 October-7 November 1917
		In the aftermath of their two unsuccessful attempts to capture Gaza in the spring of 1917, the British War Cabinet decided to reinforce the army in Egypt, replace its commander and renew the invasion of Palestine.
		The Turks had nine infantry divisions and one cavalry division spread along from the coast to Gaza, a total of between 35,000 and 45,000 infantry, 1,500 cavalry and 500 artillery guns.
		According the attack at Gaza was launched on the night of 1/2 November.
	www.historyofwar.org /articles/battles_gazaIII.html (1150 words)

	Definition of Battle of Gaza
		The Battle of Gaza (312 BC) was fought between Ptolemy I of Egypt and Demetrius I of Macedon
		The Battle of Raphia in 217 BC, also known as the Battle of Gaza, was fought between Ptolemy IV of Egypt and Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom.
		The Third Battle of Gaza (October 31–November 7 1917) was a British victory
	www.wordiq.com /definition/Battle_of_Gaza (228 words)

	The National Archives \| DocumentsOnline \| Famous Names - Sir Philip Chetwode
		In March 1917 he was transferred to Egypt to take command of the Mounted Desert Column during the "First Battle of Gaza".
		The whole operation was a failure due to Chetwode's forces being ordered to withdraw, on Dobell's command, while on the verge of a breakthrough during the battle.
		In August 1917 Chetwode was appointed Commander of XX (20) corps, where under his command the British troops finally had success during the "Third Battle of Gaza".
	www.nationalarchives.gov.uk /documentsonline/medals-chetwode.asp (802 words)

	The Abraham Federation: A New Framework for Peace in the Middle East
		If a new beginning can be made in the West Bank and Gaza, with a free transit corridor linking the two areas, a more comprehensive regional approach could later be negotiated, based on the success of the Abraham Federation model.
		As a testing ground for a new nation, today's West Bank and Gaza would be transformed into a laboratory for dynamic "win-win" economic change, allowing revolutionary change in the economic culture to precede ultimate change in the political culture.
		A basic premise of the new economic culture is the rejection of artificial and disproven assumptions of scarcity.
	www.cesj.org /homestead/strategies/regional-global/abrahamfederation-nk.html (6544 words)

	South African Military History Society - Lectures - "THREE BATTLES OF GAZA 1917"
		He realized that Gaza was the key to his objective but thought that if he were to indicate an attack at Be'er Sheva first the Turks would have to draw forces away from Gaza.
		On learning of the success at Be'er Sheva the outer defences of Gaza were attacked and consequent to the disarray on the left flank the Turkish forces withdrew on the night of 6-7 Nov.
		The third battle of Gaza was won at Be'er Sheva or on the playing fields of Melbourne.
	rapidttp.com /milhist/lectures/gaza.html (1180 words)

	Israeli army kills 3 Palestinians in Gaza - Boston.com
		Israeli forces shot and killed a father and his son when they raided a house in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, and a third Palestinian was killed by troops near a Gaza border crossing, medics and witnesses said.
		GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli forces shot and killed a father and his son when they raided a house in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, and a third Palestinian was killed by troops near a Gaza border crossing, medics and witnesses said.
		Gaza has been gripped by internal violence since Israel pulled troops and around 8,000 settlers out in August last year after 38 years of occupation.
	www.boston.com /news/world/middleeast/articles/2006/09/02/israelis_battle_gaza_gunmen?mode=PF (466 words)

	Gaza militants flee siege by hiding among women - CNN.com
		GAZA CITY (CNN) -- Palestinian militants who had been in a firefight with Israeli soldiers escaped Friday, many of them slipping away in a crowd of women who had come to join what had begun as a standoff.
		The third strike killed six people, including two emergency nurses, and the fourth strike targeted a vehicle in Rafah and left one militant dead, the sources said.
		The third strike also targeted a group of rocket launchers, according to the IDF, and the fourth strike in Rafah targeted a vehicle carrying Hamas members who earlier had been firing rockets.
	edition.cnn.com /2006/WORLD/meast/11/03/mideast.violence (844 words)

	The Incense Road: Gaza
		At the battle of Gaza there was a unit of 50 javelineers, slingers and archers (of whom a third were bowmen) in each interval.
		At the battle of Gaza spiked devices, possibly caltrops, connected by chains were also thrown in front of the elephants.
		Gaza was the principle port city on the Mediterranean Sea that served the Incense Road until the Maritime Incense Route was established.
	www.nabataea.net /gaza1.html (818 words)

	Third_Battle_of_Gaza - The Wordbook Encyclopedia
		Under the direction of his subordinate, General Charles Dobell, two attempts were made to capture Gaza on 26 March (First Battle of Gaza) and 19 April (Second Battle of Gaza).
		Further infantry attacks were to be made by XXI Corps on 2 November at Gaza and by XX Corps on 4 November at Sheria on the western end of the main fortified line, about halfway between Gaza and Beersheba.
		The first action at Gaza took place before dawn on 2 November when the 161st and 162nd Brigades of the 54th Division attacked the Turkish trench system in the sand dunes between Gaza and the sea.
	www.thewordbook.com /Third_Battle_of_Gaza (2468 words)

	Third Battle of Gaza . Erich von Falkenhayn . November 7 . April 19 . Britain . German General Staff . New Zealand (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Third Battle of Gaza was fought in 1917 in southern Palestine during World War I. The Britain British forces under the command of General Edmund Allenby successfully broke the Turkey Turkish defensive Gaza-Beersheba line.
		The Battle of Vitoria was fought on June 21 1813 during the Peninsular War, between 78,000 Britain British, Portugal Portuguese and Spain Spanish troops, with 96 guns, under the Arthur Wellesley Marquis of Wellington, and 58,000 France French with 153 guns under King Joseph Bonaparte and Jean-Baptiste Jourdan Marshal Jourdan.
		Zarqawi is believed by the former Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq to have written an intercepted letter to the al-Qaida leadership in February 2004 on the progress of the Iraqi jihad.
	www.uk.fraquisanto.net /Third_Battle_of_Gaza (941 words)

	WW1 War in the Mideast
		19 - Second Battle of Gaza was a classic infantry attack on a broad front against entrenched machine guns, tanks failed in fine sand and heat, poison gas from 3000 gas shells evaporated in hot winds, lack of artillery.
		But Gaza had to be taken first, where the Turks were building trenches to create a defense line from Gaza to Beersheba 30 miles long.
		Battle of Kut began Sep. 28 with attack on Es Sinn.
	history.sandiego.edu /gen/ww1/mideast.html (3521 words)

	Human Rights Watch - Mass Home Demolitions in the Gaza Strip
		In the case of Rafah, it is difficult to reconcile the IDF’s stated rationales with the widespread destruction that has taken place. On the contrary, the manner and pattern of destruction appears to be consistent with the plan to clear Palestinians from the border area, irrespective of specific threats.
		This contrasts sharply with the fierce multi-day battle in the densely populated heart of Jenin refugee camp in April 2002, which resulted in the death of fifty-two Palestinians, including twenty-seven confirmed civilians and thirteen IDF soldiers.
		Rafah is not the only place where the IDF has extensively destroyed property in the name of security. Throughout the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces have created buffer zones near IDF bases, illegal settlements, and Israeli-only bypass roads by systematically leveling houses and agricultural fields.
	hrw.org /campaigns/gaza (2206 words)

	It's Almost Supernatural: Gaza
		Many of the other families from Gaza are living in tents - but that is largely their own decision as a protest against the disengagement from Gaza.
		The Palestinians in Gaza are citizens of the Palestinian Authority and vote in its elections.
		GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — In dramatic, daytime raids on Gaza City's largest hospital, Palestinian vigilantes killed two men convicted of collaborating with Israeli intelligence, shooting them at close range hours after they were admitted for wounds suffered when a grenade exploded in their jail cell Monday.
	supernatural.blogs.com /weblog/gaza/index.html (9204 words)

	Gaza violence deadly to 25 - CNN.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		GAZA CITY (AP) -- Seven people were killed Saturday in Gaza City as gunmen from the rival Hamas and Fatah movements battled for a third straight day.
		Late Saturday night, a 12-year-old boy was killed and two people were wounded in northern Gaza during a shootout between Hamas and Fatah gunmen, witnesses and hospital officials said.
		In fighting around the compound on Friday, six Hamas gunmen were killed and a seventh died Saturday of wounds sustained in that battle, said Hamas spokesman Ayman Taha.
	cnnstudentnews.cnn.com /2007/WORLD/meast/01/27/palestinians.gaza.ap/index.html (915 words)

	First World War.com - Battles - All by Date
		This section contains details of actions, battles and offensives fought during World War One on all fronts.
		These include landmark battles fought at Tannenberg (on the east), Aisne, Verdun and the Somme (on the west), along the Isonzo (Italy) and at Jutland (at sea).
		The sidebar to the right allows you to view actions by theatre; currently you can choose to sort battles fought on the Eastern, Western, Gallipoli, Italian, Palestine and Mesopotamian fronts; plus the African Wars and encounters fought at sea.
	www.firstworldwar.com /battles/all.htm (120 words)

	A grave reminder \| Jerusalem Post
		This grave is strategically located next to a major battle field from a past war.
		According to Thompson, all of Beersheba cemetery's roughly 1200 Commonwealth graves have been photographed and nearly 2200 gravestones from the Ramle, Jerusalem and Haifa cemeteries have been digitally photographed and sent in for eventual publication on the War Project's website.
		The Deir El Belah and Gaza War cemeteries which are located in the Gaza Strip cannot be readily visited by the War Project volunteers.
	www.jpost.com /servlet/Satellite?apage=2&cid=1159193476198&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (829 words)

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