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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.
- Page 4 - Second Battle of GazaThe Second Battle of Gaza three weeks after the First Battle, was an even bigger disaster – a frontal attack by British infantry divisions resulted in their suffering some 6000
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Main image: Leslie Alic Craven
Mounted rifleman Leslie Craven survived the Gallipoli and Sinai campaigns but was severely wounded during the Second Battle of Gaza in April 1917. He never recovered from his wounds and died in hospital some five months later.