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Palestine campaign

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. Read the full article

Page 2 - Overview

Victory in Sinai led to pressure from the British government, led by new Prime Minister Lloyd George, to invade Ottoman-controlled Palestine in

Page 5 - Third Battle of Gaza

The third, successful attempt by the British to capture Gaza began in late October

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

Lieutenant-General Sir Edmund Allenby KCB, commander of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) in Sinai and Palestine, 1917-1919.