Battles - The Palestine Front
Updated - Saturday, 27 March, 2004

This section contains details of the major actions fought on the Palestine Front during the First World War.

Aside from the three Gaza battles the list also includes British General Allenby's timely implementation of Prime Minister Lloyd George's directive to capture Jerusalem by Christmas 1917.  He did so, with two weeks to spare.

Additional entries will be added periodically.  Suggestions for battle summaries can be sent to the e-mail address at the foot of the page.

Click here to view a map of pre-war Palestine and Mesopotamia.

Defence of the Suez Canal, Opened 3 February 1915

Battle of Romani, Opened 3 August 1916

First Battle of Gaza, Opened 26 March 1917

Second Battle of Gaza, Opened 17 April 1917

Third Battle of Gaza, Opened 31 October 1917

Battle of Beersheba, Opened 31 October 1917

Battle of Mughar Ridge, Opened 13 November 1917

Fall of Jerusalem, Opened 8 December 1917

A "British warm" was a heavy issue greatcoat for officers.

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