Battle of Jerusalem, the Glossary
The Battle of Jerusalem occurred during the British Empire's "Jerusalem Operations" against the Ottoman Empire, in World War I, when fighting for the city developed from 17 November, continuing after the surrender until 30 December 1917, to secure the final objective of the Southern Palestine Offensive during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of World War I.[1]
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195 relations: Abu Ghosh, Abu Shusha, Al Jib, Al-Bireh, Al-Burj, Ramle, Al-Qastal, Jerusalem, Al-Ram, Al-Shaykh Muwannis, Al-Tina, Ali Fuat Cebesoy, ANZAC Mounted Division, Artillery battery, Ashkelon, Australian Mounted Division, Ayalon Valley, Baghdad, Barfiliya, Battle of Beersheba (1917), Battle of Cambrai (1917), Battle of Caporetto, Battle of El Burj, Battle of Hareira and Sheria, Battle of Jaffa (1917), Battle of Katia, Battle of Magdhaba, Battle of Mughar Ridge, Battle of Nebi Samwil, Battle of Rafa, Battle of Romani, Battle of Tel el Khuweilfe, Bayt Jibrin, Bayt Nabala, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment, Beersheba, Beit Duqqu, Beit Hanoun, Beit Jala, Beit Liqya, Beit Sira, Beit Ur al-Fauqa, Beit Ur al-Tahta, Beitunia, Berkshire Yeomanry, Bethlehem, Bivouac shelter, Bolsheviks, British Empire, Cevat Çobanlı, Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom), Commander-in-chief, ... Expand index (145 more) »
- 1910s in Jerusalem
- 1917 in British-administered Palestine
- 20th century in Jerusalem
- December 1917 events
- History of the Royal Air Force during World War I
- Military history of Jerusalem
- November 1917 events
- Sieges of Jerusalem
Abu Ghosh
Abu Ghosh (أبو غوش; אבו גוש) is an Arab-Israeli local council in Israel, located west of Jerusalem on the Tel Aviv–Jerusalem highway.
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Abu Shusha
Abu Shusha (أبو شوشة) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine, located 8 km southeast of Ramle.
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Al Jib
Al Jib or al-Jib (الجيب) is a Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Governorate of the State of Palestine, located ten kilometers northwest of Jerusalem, partially in the seam zone of the West Bank.
See Battle of Jerusalem and Al Jib
Al-Bireh
Al-Bireh, al-Birah, or el-Bira (البيرة; also known historically as Castrum Mahomeria, Magna Mahomeria, Mahomeria Major, Birra, or Beirothah) is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank, north of Jerusalem.
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Al-Burj, Ramle
Al-Burj (البرج) was a Palestinian Arab village 14 km east of Ramle close to the highway to Ramallah, which was depopulated in 1948.
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Al-Qastal, Jerusalem
Al-Qastal ("Kastel", القسطل) was a Palestinian village located eight kilometers west of Jerusalem and named for a Crusader castle located on the hilltop.
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Al-Ram
Al-Ram (الرّام), also transcribed as Al-Ramm, El-Ram, Er-Ram, and A-Ram, is a Palestinian town which lies northeast of Jerusalem, just outside the city's municipal border.
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Al-Shaykh Muwannis
Al-Shaykh Muwannis (الشيخ مونّس), also Sheikh Munis, was a small Palestinian Arab village in the Jaffa Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine, located approximately 8.5 kilometers from the center of Jaffa city in territory earmarked for Jewish statehood under the UN Partition Plan.
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Al-Tina
Al-Tina, or Khirbet et-Tineh was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine.
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Ali Fuat Cebesoy
Ali Fuat Cebesoy (23 September 1882 – 10 January 1968) was a Turkish military officer who served in the Ottoman Army and then in the Turkish army and politician.
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ANZAC Mounted Division
The Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division was a mounted infantry division of the British Empire during World War I. The division was raised in March 1916 and was assigned to the I ANZAC Corps.
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Artillery battery
In military organizations, an artillery battery is a unit or multiple systems of artillery, mortar systems, rocket artillery, multiple rocket launchers, surface-to-surface missiles, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, etc., so grouped to facilitate better battlefield communication and command and control, as well as to provide dispersion for its constituent gunnery crews and their systems.
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Ashkelon
Ashkelon or Ashqelon (ʾAšqəlōn,; ʿAsqalān) is a coastal city in the Southern District of Israel on the Mediterranean coast, south of Tel Aviv, and north of the border with the Gaza Strip.
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Australian Mounted Division
The Australian Mounted Division originally formed as the Imperial Mounted Division in January 1917, was a mounted infantry, light horse and yeomanry division.
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Ayalon Valley
The Ayalon Valley (אַיָּלוֹן or, ʾAyyālōn), also written Aijalon and Ajalon, is a valley in the lowland of the Shephelah in Israel.
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Baghdad
Baghdad (or; translit) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab and in West Asia after Tehran.
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Barfiliya
Barfiliya (برفيلية) was a Palestinian village located east of Ramla that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
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Battle of Beersheba (1917)
The Battle of Beersheba (Birüssebi Muharebesi, Schlacht von Beerscheba)The several battles fought for the Gaza to Beersheba line between 31 October and 7 November were all assigned the title Third Battle of Gaza, although they took place many miles apart, and were fought by different corps. Battle of Jerusalem and battle of Beersheba (1917) are battles of World War I involving Australia, battles of World War I involving New Zealand, battles of World War I involving the Ottoman Empire, battles of World War I involving the United Kingdom, battles of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign and conflicts in 1917.
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Battle of Cambrai (1917)
The Battle of Cambrai (Battle of Cambrai, 1917, First Battle of Cambrai and Schlacht von Cambrai) was a British attack in the First World War, followed by the biggest German counter-attack against the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) since 1914. Battle of Jerusalem and Battle of Cambrai (1917) are battles of World War I involving Germany, battles of World War I involving the United Kingdom, conflicts in 1917, December 1917 events and November 1917 events.
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Battle of Caporetto
The Battle of Caporetto (also known as the Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo, the Battle of Kobarid or the Battle of Karfreit) took place on the Italian front of World War I. The battle was fought between the Kingdom of Italy and the Central Powers and took place from 24th of October to 19th of November 1917, near the town of Kobarid (now in north-western Slovenia, then part of the Austrian Littoral), and near the river Isonzo. Battle of Jerusalem and battle of Caporetto are battles of World War I involving Germany and November 1917 events.
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Battle of El Burj
The Battle of El Burj (1 December 1917) was an engagement fought during the Battle of Jerusalem in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign. Battle of Jerusalem and Battle of El Burj are battles of World War I involving Australia, battles of World War I involving the Ottoman Empire, battles of World War I involving the United Kingdom, battles of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign, conflicts in 1917 and December 1917 events.
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Battle of Hareira and Sheria
The Battle of Hareira and Sheria was fought on 6–7 November 1917 when the Egyptian Expeditionary Force attacked and captured the Yildirim Army Group's defensive systems protecting Hareira and in the centre of the Gaza to Beersheba line, during the Southern Palestine Offensive of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign in World War I. Battle of Jerusalem and Battle of Hareira and Sheria are battles of World War I involving Australia, battles of World War I involving Germany, battles of World War I involving New Zealand, battles of World War I involving the Ottoman Empire, battles of World War I involving the United Kingdom, battles of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign, conflicts in 1917, history of the Royal Air Force during World War I and November 1917 events.
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Battle of Jaffa (1917)
The Battle of Jaffa was an engagement fought during the Southern Palestine Offensive of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign in World War I, between the Egyptian Expeditionary Force of the British Empire on one side and the Yildirim Army Group of the Ottoman Empire and German Empire on the other. Battle of Jerusalem and Battle of Jaffa (1917) are 1917 in British-administered Palestine, battles of World War I involving Germany, battles of World War I involving New Zealand, battles of World War I involving the Ottoman Empire, battles of World War I involving the United Kingdom, battles of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign, conflicts in 1917 and December 1917 events.
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Battle of Katia
The Battle of Katia, also known as the Affair of Qatia by the British, was an engagement fought east of the Suez Canal and north of El Ferdan Station, in the vicinity of Katia and Oghratina, on 23 April 1916 during the Defence of the Suez Canal Campaign of World War I. An Ottoman force led by the German General Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein made a surprise attack on three and a half squadrons of the British 5th Mounted Brigade, which was widely scattered to the east of Romani. Battle of Jerusalem and Battle of Katia are battles of World War I involving Australia and battles of World War I involving the Ottoman Empire.
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Battle of Magdhaba
The Battle of Magdhaba took place on 23 December 1916 during the Defence of Egypt section of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign in the First World War. Battle of Jerusalem and Battle of Magdhaba are battles of World War I involving Australia, battles of World War I involving Germany, battles of World War I involving New Zealand, battles of World War I involving the Ottoman Empire, battles of World War I involving the United Kingdom, battles of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign and history of the Royal Air Force during World War I.
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Battle of Mughar Ridge
The Battle of Mughar Ridge, officially known by the British as the action of El Mughar, took place on 13 November 1917 during the Pursuit phase of the Southern Palestine Offensive of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign in the First World War. Battle of Jerusalem and Battle of Mughar Ridge are 1917 in British-administered Palestine, battles of World War I involving Australia, battles of World War I involving Germany, battles of World War I involving New Zealand, battles of World War I involving the Ottoman Empire, battles of World War I involving the United Kingdom, battles of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign, conflicts in 1917 and November 1917 events.
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Battle of Nebi Samwil
The Battle of Nebi Samwil (17–24 November 1917) was fought during the decisive British Empire victory at the Battle of Jerusalem between the forces of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force and the Ottoman Empire's Yildirim Army Group during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign, in the First World War. Battle of Jerusalem and Battle of Nebi Samwil are 1910s in Jerusalem, 1917 in British-administered Palestine, battles of World War I involving Australia, battles of World War I involving the Ottoman Empire, battles of World War I involving the United Kingdom, battles of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign, conflicts in 1917 and November 1917 events.
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Battle of Rafa
The Battle of Rafa, also known as the Action of Rafah, fought on 9 January 1917, was the third and final battle to complete the recapture of the Sinai Peninsula by British forces during the Sinai and Palestine campaign of the First World War. Battle of Jerusalem and battle of Rafa are 1917 in British-administered Palestine, battles of World War I involving Australia, battles of World War I involving Germany, battles of World War I involving New Zealand, battles of World War I involving the Ottoman Empire, battles of World War I involving the United Kingdom, battles of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign, conflicts in 1917 and history of the Royal Air Force during World War I.
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Battle of Romani
The Battle of Romani was the last ground attack of the Central Powers on the Suez Canal at the beginning of the Sinai and Palestine campaign during the First World War. Battle of Jerusalem and Battle of Romani are battles of World War I involving Australia, battles of World War I involving Germany, battles of World War I involving New Zealand, battles of World War I involving the Ottoman Empire, battles of World War I involving the United Kingdom, battles of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign and history of the Royal Air Force during World War I.
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Battle of Tel el Khuweilfe
The Battle of Tel el Khuweilfe, part of the Southern Palestine Offensive, began on 1 November 1917, the day after the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) victory at the Battle of Beersheba during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of World War I. After the Stalemate in Southern Palestine a series of coordinated attacks were launched by British Empire units on the Ottoman Empire's German commanded Yildirim Army Group's front line, which stretched from Gaza inland to Beersheba. Battle of Jerusalem and Battle of Tel el Khuweilfe are battles of World War I involving Australia, battles of World War I involving British India, battles of World War I involving Germany, battles of World War I involving New Zealand, battles of World War I involving the Ottoman Empire, battles of World War I involving the United Kingdom, battles of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign, conflicts in 1917, history of the Royal Air Force during World War I and November 1917 events.
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Bayt Jibrin
Bayt Jibrin or Beit Jibrin (بيت جبرين; translit), known between 200-400 CE as Eleutheropolis (Greek, Ἐλευθερόπολις, "Free City"; إليوثيروبوليس), was a historical town, located in central Israel near the 1949 ceasefire line, northwest of the city of Hebron.The town had a total land area of 56,185 dunams or, of which were built-up while the rest remained farmland.
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Bayt Nabala
Bayt Nabala or Beit Nabala was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict in Palestine that was destroyed during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
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Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment was the final title of a line infantry regiment of the British Army that was originally formed in 1688.
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Beersheba
Beersheba, officially Be'er-Sheva (usually spelled Beer Sheva; Bəʾēr Ševaʿ,; Biʾr as-Sabʿ), is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel.
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Beit Duqqu
Beit Duqqu (بيت دقّو) is a Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Governorate, located northwest of Jerusalem in the central West Bank.
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Beit Hanoun
Beit Hanoun or Beit Hanun (بيت حانون) is a Palestinian city on the northeast edge of the Gaza Strip.
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Beit Jala
Beit Jala (بيت جالا) is a Palestinian Christian town in the Bethlehem Governorate of Palestine, in the West Bank.
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Beit Liqya
Beit Liqya (بيت لقيا) is a Palestinian town located in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the northern West Bank.
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Beit Sira
Beit Sira (بيت سيرا) is a Palestinian village in the central West Bank, located 22 kilometers west of Ramallah and is a part of the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate.
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Beit Ur al-Fauqa
Beit Ur al-Fauqa (بيت عور الفوقا) is a Palestinian village located in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, west of Ramallah and southeast of Beit Ur al-Tahta.
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Beit Ur al-Tahta
Beit Ur al-Tahta (بيت عور التحتى, lit. "Lower house of straw") is a Palestinian village located in the central West Bank, in the Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate of the State of Palestine.
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Beitunia
Beitunia (بيتونيا), also Bitunya, is a Palestinian city located west of Ramallah and north of Jerusalem, in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate of Palestine, in the central West Bank.
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Berkshire Yeomanry
The Berkshire Yeomanry was a part time regiment of the British Army formed in 1794 to counter the threat of invasion during the French Revolutionary Wars.
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Bethlehem
Bethlehem (بيت لحم,,; בֵּית לֶחֶם) is a city in the Israeli-occupied West Bank of the State of Palestine, located about south of Jerusalem.
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Bivouac shelter
A bivouac shelter or bivvy (alternately bivy, bivi, bivvi) is any of a variety of improvised camp site or shelter that is usually of a temporary nature, used especially by soldiers or people engaged in backpacking, bikepacking, scouting or mountain climbing.
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Bolsheviks
The Bolsheviks (italic,; from большинство,, 'majority'), led by Vladimir Lenin, were a far-left faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) which split with the Mensheviks at the Second Party Congress in 1903.
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British Empire
The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.
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Cevat Çobanlı
Cevat Çobanlı (14 September 1870 or 1871 – 13 March 1938) was a military commander of the Ottoman Army, War Minister (Harbiye Nazırı) of the Ottoman Empire and a general of the Turkish Army who was notable for causing major Naval losses to the Allies during their Dardanelles campaign in World War I.
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Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)
The Chief of the General Staff (CGS) has been the title of the professional head of the British Army since 1964.
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Commander-in-chief
A commander-in-chief or supreme commander is the person who exercises supreme command and control over an armed force or a military branch.
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David Lloyd George
David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922.
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Dayr Tarif
Dayr Tarif was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine.
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Deir al-Balah
Deir al-Balah or Deir al Balah (Monastery of the Date Palm) is a Palestinian city in the central Gaza Strip and the administrative capital of the Deir al-Balah Governorate of the State of Palestine.
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Desert Mounted Corps
The Desert Mounted Corps was an army corps of the British Army during the First World War, of three mounted divisions renamed in August 1917 by General Edmund Allenby, from Desert Column.
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Devonshire Regiment
The Devonshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that served under various titles and served in many wars and conflicts from 1685 to 1958, such as the Second Boer War, the First World War and the Second World War.
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Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby
Field Marshal Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, (23 April 1861 – 14 May 1936) was a senior British Army officer and Imperial Governor. Battle of Jerusalem and Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby are 20th century in Jerusalem.
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Edward Bulfin
General Sir Edward Stanislaus Bulfin (6 November 1862 − 20 August 1939) was a British general during World War I, where he established a reputation as an excellent commander at the brigade, divisional and corps levels.
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Edward Chaytor
Major General Sir Edward Walter Clervaux Chaytor, (21 June 1868 – 15 June 1939) was a farmer, and a military commander of New Zealand troops in the Boer War and the First World War.
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Egyptian Camel Transport Corps
The Egyptian Camel Transport Corps (known as the CTC, Camel Corps or Camel Transport) were a group of Egyptian camel drivers who supported the British Army in Egypt during the First World War's Sinai and Palestine Campaign.
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Egyptian Expeditionary Force
The Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) was a British Empire military formation, formed on 10 March 1916 under the command of General Archibald Murray from the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force and the Force in Egypt (1914–15), at the beginning of the Sinai and Palestine campaign of the First World War.
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Egyptian Labour Corps
The Egyptian Labour Corps (also known as the ELC or Labour Corps) was a group of Egyptian labourers who worked for the British Army in Egypt during the First World War's Sinai and Palestine Campaign.
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Eighth Army (Ottoman Empire)
The Eighth Army of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: Sekizinci Ordu) was one of the field armies of the Ottoman Army.
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Ein 'Arik
Ein 'Arik (عين عريك) is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located 7 kilometers west of Ramallah in the central West Bank.
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Erich von Falkenhayn
General Erich Georg Sebastian Anton von Falkenhayn (11 September 1861 – 8 April 1922) was a German general who was the second Chief of the German General Staff of the First World War from September 1914 until 29 August 1916.
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Essex Brigade
The Essex Brigade, later 161st Brigade and 161st Infantry Brigade, was a volunteer infantry formation of the British Army in existence from 1888 until 1941, and again from 1947.
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Essex Regiment
The Essex Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1958.
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Fevzi Çakmak
Mustafa Fevzi Çakmak (12 January 1876 – 10 April 1950) was a Turkish field marshal (Mareşal) and politician.
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Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein
Friedrich Siegmund Georg Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein (also; 24 April 1870 – 16 October 1948) was a German general from Nuremberg.
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Gaza City
Gaza, also called Gaza City, is a Palestinian city in the Gaza Strip.
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General (Germany)
General is the highest rank of the German Army and German Air Force.
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George Barrow (Indian Army officer)
General Sir George de Symons Barrow, (25 October 1864 – 28 December 1959) was a British Indian Army officer who became General Officer Commanding Yeomanry Mounted Division and the 4th Cavalry Division.
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German Empire
The German Empire, also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the November Revolution in 1918, when the German Reich changed its form of government from a monarchy to a republic.
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Gibeah
Gibeah (גִּבְעָה Gīḇəʿā; גִּבְעַת Gīḇəʿaṯ) is the name of three places mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, in the tribes of Benjamin, Judah, and Ephraim respectively.
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Greatcoat
A greatcoat (also watchcoat) is a large, woollen overcoat designed for warmth and protection against wind and weather, and features a collar that can be turned up and cuffs that can be turned down to protect the face and the hands, whilst the short rain-cape at the shoulders protects from the wind and repels rain.
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Grenade
A grenade is an explosive weapon typically thrown by hand (also called hand grenade), but can also refer to a shell (explosive projectile) shot from the muzzle of a rifle (as a rifle grenade) or a grenade launcher.
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Gurkha
The Gurkhas or Gorkhas, with the endonym Gorkhali (Nepali: गोर्खाली), are soldiers native to the Indian subcontinent, chiefly residing within Nepal and some parts of North India.
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Harry Chauvel
General Sir Henry George Chauvel, (16 April 1865 – 4 March 1945) was a senior officer of the Australian Imperial Force who fought at Gallipoli and during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign in the Middle Eastern theatre of the First World War.
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Hebron
Hebron (الخليل, or خَلِيل الرَّحْمَن; חֶבְרוֹן) is a Palestinian.
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Highland Light Infantry
The Highland Light Infantry (HLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1881.
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Highway 1 (Israel–Palestine)
Highway 1 (כביש 1, Kvish Ahat; الطريق السريع 1) is the main highway in Israel, connecting Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, and continuing eastwards to the Jordan Valley in the West Bank.
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Hittites
The Hittites were an Anatolian Indo-European people who formed one of the first major civilizations of Bronze Age West Asia.
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Huj, Gaza
Huj (هوج) was a Palestinian Arab village located northeast of Gaza City.
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Hussein al-Husayni
Hussein Bey al-Husayni (حسين الحسيني; died 1918) was a Palestinian politician who served as mayor of Jerusalem from 1909 to 1917, the last years of Ottoman rule over the city.
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III Corps (Ottoman Empire)
The III Corps of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: 3üncü Kolordu or Üçüncü Kolordu) was one of the corps of the Ottoman Army.
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Imperial Camel Corps
The Imperial Camel Corps Brigade (ICCB) was a camel-mounted infantry brigade that the British Empire raised in December 1916 during the First World War for service in the Middle East.
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Imperial Russian Army
The Imperial Russian Army or Russian Imperial Army (Rússkaya imperátorskaya ármiya) was the armed land force of the Russian Empire, active from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917.
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Imperial War Cabinet
The Imperial War Cabinet (IWC) was the British Empire's wartime coordinating body.
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Imwas
Imwas or Emmaus (عِمواس ʿImwās), known in classical times as Nicopolis (lit), was a Palestinian village located southeast of the city of Ramla and from Jerusalem in the Latrun salient of the West Bank.
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Jaffa
Jaffa (Yāfō,; Yāfā), also called Japho or Joppa in English, is an ancient Levantine port city now part of Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, located in its southern part.
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Jaffa Gate
Jaffa Gate (Sha'ar Yafo; Bāb al-Khalīl, "Hebron Gate") is one of the seven main open gates of the Old City of Jerusalem.
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Jarisha
Jarisha (جرِيشة, also transliterated Jerisha; ג'רישה) was a Palestinian Arab village located from the ancient site of Tell Jarisha (Tel Gerisa), on the south bank of Al-Awja (Yarkon River).
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Jericho
Jericho (Arīḥā,; Yərīḥō) is a city in the West Bank, Palestine; it is the administrative seat of the Jericho Governorate of Palestine.
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Jerusalem
Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.
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John Shea (Indian Army officer)
General Sir John Stuart Mackenzie Shea, (17 January 1869 – 1 May 1966) was a British officer in the Indian Army.
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Joshua
Joshua, also known as Yehoshua (Yəhōšuaʿ, Tiberian: Yŏhōšuaʿ, lit. 'Yahweh is salvation'), Jeshoshua, or Josue, functioned as Moses' assistant in the books of Exodus and Numbers, and later succeeded Moses as leader of the Israelite tribes in the Book of Joshua of the Hebrew Bible.
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Judaean Mountains
The Judaean Mountains, or Judaean Hills (translit) or the Hebron Mountains (lit), are a mountain range in Israel and the West Bank where Jerusalem, Hebron and several other biblical cities are located.
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Julis, Gaza
Julis (جولس) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict, located northeast of Gaza on a slight elevation along the southern coastal plain.
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King's Shropshire Light Infantry
The King's Shropshire Light Infantry (KSLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in the Childers Reforms of 1881, but with antecedents dating back to 1755.
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Lakhish River
Lakhish River (נחל לכיש, Naḥal Lakhish) is a river in Israel that flows into the Mediterranean Sea at the city of Ashdod.
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Latrun
Latrun (לטרון, Latrun; اللطرون, al-Latrun) is a strategic hilltop in the Latrun salient in the Ayalon Valley.
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Lieutenant general (Australia)
Lieutenant general (abbreviated LTGEN and pronounced 'lef-tenant general') is the second-highest active rank of the Australian Army.
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Lightering
Lightering (also called lighterage) is the process of transferring cargo between vessels of different sizes, usually between a barge (lighter) and a bulker or oil tanker.
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Line of communication
A line of communication (or communications) is the route that connects an operating military unit with its supply base.
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Lod
Lod (לוד, or fully vocalized לֹד; al-Lidd or), also known as Lydda (Λύδδα), is a city southeast of Tel Aviv and northwest of Jerusalem in the Central District of Israel.
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London Regiment (1908–1938)
The London Regiment was an infantry regiment in the British Army, part of the Territorial Force (renamed the Territorial Army in 1921).
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Mandatory Palestine
Mandatory Palestine was a geopolitical entity that existed between 1920 and 1948 in the region of Palestine under the terms of the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine.
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Mayor of Jerusalem
The Mayor of the City of Jerusalem is head of the executive branch of the political system in Jerusalem.
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Mecca
Mecca (officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah) is the capital of Mecca Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia and the holiest city according to Islam.
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Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, on the east by the Levant in West Asia, and on the west almost by the Morocco–Spain border.
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Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
The Middle Eastern theatre of World War I saw action between 30 October 1914 and 30 October 1918.
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Military of the Ottoman Empire
The military of the Ottoman Empire (Osmanlı İmparatorluğu'nun silahlı kuvvetleri) was the armed forces of the Ottoman Empire.
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Mills bomb
"Mills bomb" is the popular name for a series of British hand grenades which were designed by William Mills.
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Mutasarrif
Mutasarrif, mutesarrif, mutasarriff, or mutesarriff (متصرّف) was the title used in the Ottoman Empire and places like post-Ottoman Iraq for the governor of an administrative district in place of the usual sanjakbey.
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Nabi Samwil
An-Nabi Samwil, also called al-Nabi Samuil (النبي صموئيل an-Nabi Samu'il, translit: "the prophet Samuel"), is a Palestinian village in the Quds Governorate of the State of Palestine, located in the West Bank (Area C), four kilometers north of Jerusalem.
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Nablus
Nablus (Nāblus; Šəḵem, ISO 259-3:,; Samaritan Hebrew: script, romanized:; Νeápolis) is a Palestinian city in the West Bank, located approximately north of Jerusalem, with a population of 156,906.
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Nablus Road
Nablus Road (Derekh Shekhem, "Shechem Road") is one of the traditional routes radiating from Jerusalem's walled city.
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Nahal Sorek
Naḥal Sorek (translation; translit), also Soreq, is one of the largest, most important drainage basins in the Judean Hills.
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Neo-Assyrian Empire
The Neo-Assyrian Empire was the fourth and penultimate stage of ancient Assyrian history.
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Neo-Babylonian Empire
The Neo-Babylonian Empire or Second Babylonian Empire, historically known as the Chaldean Empire, was the last polity ruled by monarchs native to Mesopotamia until Faisal II in the 20th century.
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New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade
The New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade was a brigade of the New Zealand Army during the First World War.
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No. 1 Squadron RAAF
No.
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No. 111 Squadron RAF
Number 111 (Fighter) Squadron, also known as No.
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No. 113 Squadron RAF
No.
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Northamptonshire Regiment
The Northamptonshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1960.
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October Revolution
The October Revolution, also known as the Great October Socialist Revolution (in Soviet historiography), October coup,, britannica.com Bolshevik coup, or Bolshevik revolution, was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin that was a key moment in the larger Russian Revolution of 1917–1923. Battle of Jerusalem and October Revolution are November 1917 events.
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Old City of Jerusalem
The Old City of Jerusalem (al-Madīna al-Qadīma, Ha'ír Ha'atiká) is a walled area in East Jerusalem.
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Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm centered in Anatolia that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.
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Palestine (region)
The region of Palestine, also known as Historic Palestine, is a geographical area in West Asia.
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Petah Tikva
Petah Tikva (פֶּתַח תִּקְוָה), also known as Em HaMoshavot, is a city in the Central District of Israel, east of Tel Aviv.
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Philip Chetwode, 1st Baron Chetwode
Field Marshal Philip Walhouse Chetwode, 1st Baron Chetwode, 7th Baronet of Oakley, (21 September 1869 – 6 July 1950), was a senior British Army officer.
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Philistines
The Philistines (Pəlīštīm; LXX: Phulistieím; Philistaei) were an ancient people who lived on the south coast of Canaan during the Iron Age in a confederation of city-states generally referred to as Philistia.
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Picket (military)
A picket (archaically, picquet) is a soldier, or small unit of soldiers, placed on a defensive line forward of a friendly position to provide timely warning and screening against an enemy advance.
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Presidencies and provinces of British India
The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent.
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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom.
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Qastina
Qastina (قسطينة) was a Palestinian village, located 38 kilometers northeast of Gaza City.
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QF 13-pounder gun
The Ordnance QF 13-pounder (quick-firing) field gun was the standard equipment of the British and Canadian Royal Horse Artillery at the outbreak of World War I.
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Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry
The Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry was a yeomanry regiment of the British Army founded in 1794 as the Dorsetshire Regiment of Volunteer Yeomanry Cavalry in response to the growing threat of invasion during the Napoleonic wars.
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Rafat, Jerusalem
Rafat (رافات) is a Palestinian town, located approximately southwest of the city of Ramallah in the central West Bank in the northern Jerusalem Governorate.
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Ramallah
Ramallah (help|God's Height) is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank, that serves as the de facto administrative capital of the State of Palestine.
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Ramla
Ramla or Ramle (רַמְלָה, Ramlā; الرملة, ar-Ramleh) is a city in the Central District of Israel.
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Rishon LeZion
Rishon LeZion (רִאשׁוֹן לְצִיּוֹן, "First to Zion") is a city in Israel, located along the central Israeli coastal plain south of Tel Aviv.
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Royal Army Service Corps
The Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) was a corps of the British Army responsible for land, coastal and lake transport, air despatch, barracks administration, the Army Fire Service, staffing headquarters' units, supply of food, water, fuel and domestic materials such as clothing, furniture and stationery and the supply of technical and military equipment.
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Royal Australian Army Service Corps
The Royal Australian Army Service Corps (RAASC) was a corps within the Australian Army.
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Royal Field Artillery
The Royal Field Artillery (RFA) of the British Army provided close artillery support for the infantry.
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Royal Gloucestershire Hussars
The Royal Gloucestershire Hussars was a volunteer yeomanry regiment which, in the 20th century, became part of the British Army Reserve.
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Royal Horse Artillery
The Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) was formed in 1793 as a distinct arm of the Royal Regiment of Artillery (commonly termed Royal Artillery) to provide horse artillery support to the cavalry units of the British Army.
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Royal Welch Fusiliers
The Royal Welch Fusiliers (Ffiwsilwyr Brenhinol Cymreig) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, and part of the Prince of Wales's Division, that was founded in 1689; shortly after the Glorious Revolution.
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Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.
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Sangar (fortification)
A sangar (or sanger) (سنگر) is a temporary fortified position with a breastwork originally constructed of stones, and now built of sandbags, gabions or similar materials.
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Saris, Jerusalem
Saris (ساريس) was a Palestinian Arab village that was depopulated during the major offensive launched by the Haganah on 16 April 1948.
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Seventh Army (Ottoman Empire)
The Ottoman Seventh Army was a large military formation of the Ottoman Empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Sha'ar HaGai
Sha'ar HaGai (שער הגיא) in Hebrew, a name literally translated from Bab al-Wad or Bab al-Wadi in Arabic (באב אל-ואד, باب الواد or باب الوادي), meaning Gate of the Valley, is a point on the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway, 23 km from Jerusalem, where the road begins to ascend through a deep valley flanked by steep rocky slopes, of the intermittent, or Wadi Ali in Arabic.
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Shilta
Shilta was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine.
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Shock tactics
Shock tactics, shock tactic, or shock attack is an offensive maneuver which attempts to place the enemy under psychological pressure by a rapid and fully-committed advance with the aim of causing their combatants to retreat.
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Sinai and Palestine campaign
The Sinai and Palestine campaign was part of the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I, taking place between January 1915 and October 1918. Battle of Jerusalem and Sinai and Palestine campaign are 1917 in British-administered Palestine, battles of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign, conflicts in 1917 and history of the Royal Air Force during World War I.
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Sir William Robertson, 1st Baronet
Field Marshal Sir William Robert Robertson, 1st Baronet, (29 January 1860 – 12 February 1933) was a British Army officer who served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS) – the professional head of the British Army – from 1916 to 1918 during the First World War.
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Sniper
A sniper is a military/paramilitary marksman who engages targets from positions of concealment or at distances exceeding the target's detection capabilities. Snipers generally have specialized training and are equipped with telescopic sights. Modern snipers use high-precision rifles and high-magnification optics.
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Solomon's Pools
Solomon's Pools (Burak Sulaymān, or in short el-Burak, 'the pools'; Breichot Shlomo) are three ancient reservoirs located in the south-central West Bank, immediately to the south of al-Khader, about southwest of Bethlehem, near the road to Hebron.
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Southern Palestine offensive
The Southern Palestine offensive, began on 31 October 1917, with the Battle of Beersheba, when the British Empire's Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) under the Command of Field Marshall Edmund Allenby attacked Ottoman Empire forces at the Palestinian town of Beersheba during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign, of World War I. Battle of Jerusalem and Southern Palestine offensive are 1917 in British-administered Palestine, battles of World War I involving Australia, battles of World War I involving Germany, battles of World War I involving New Zealand, battles of World War I involving the Ottoman Empire, battles of World War I involving the United Kingdom, battles of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign, conflicts in 1917, December 1917 events, history of the Royal Air Force during World War I and November 1917 events.
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Summil
Summil (صميل) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict, located northeast of Gaza.
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Third Battle of Gaza
The Third Battle of Gaza was fought on the night of 1–2 November 1917 between British and Ottoman forces during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of World War I and came after the British Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) victory at the Battle of Beersheba had ended the Stalemate in Southern Palestine. Battle of Jerusalem and Third Battle of Gaza are battles of World War I involving Australia, battles of World War I involving New Zealand, battles of World War I involving the Ottoman Empire, battles of World War I involving the United Kingdom, battles of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign, conflicts in 1917 and November 1917 events.
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Troop
A troop is a military sub-subunit, originally a small formation of cavalry, subordinate to a squadron.
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Tulkarm
Tulkarm or Tulkarem (طولكرم, Ṭūlkarm) is a Palestinian city in the West Bank, the capital of the Tulkarm Governorate of the State of Palestine.
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Vickers machine gun
The Vickers machine gun or Vickers gun is a water-cooled.303 British (7.7 mm) machine gun produced by Vickers Limited, originally for the British Army.
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Way of the Patriarchs
The Road of the Patriarchs or Way of the Patriarchs (דֶּרֶךְ הֲאָבוֹת Derech haʾAvot Lit. Way (of) the Fathers) is an ancient north–south route traversing the land of Israel and the region of Palestine.
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Western Front (World War I)
The Western Front was one of the main theatres of war during the First World War.
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Wilhelma, Palestine
Wilhelma (וילהלמה), originally Wilhelma-Hamîdije, was German Templer Colony in Palestine, located southwest of al-'Abbasiyyah near Jaffa.
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World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Battle of Jerusalem and World War I are conflicts in 1917.
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XX Corps (Ottoman Empire)
The XX Corps of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: 20 nci Kolordu or Yirminci Kolordu) was one of the corps of the Ottoman Army.
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XX Corps (United Kingdom)
The XX Corps was an army corps of the British Army during World War I.
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XXI Corps (United Kingdom)
The XXI Corps was an Army Corps of the British Army during World War I. The Corps was formed in Palestine in August 1917 under the command of Lieutenant General Edward Bulfin.
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Yalo
Yalo (يالو, also transliterated Yalu) was a Palestinian Arab village located 13 kilometres southeast of Ramla.
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Yarkon River
The Yarkon River, also Yarqon River or Jarkon River (נחל הירקון, Nahal HaYarkon; نهر العوجا, Nahr al-Auja), is a river in central Israel.
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Yeomanry Mounted Division
The Yeomanry Mounted Division was a Territorial Force cavalry division formed at Khan Yunis in Palestine in June 1917 from three yeomanry mounted brigades.
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Yildirim Army Group
The Yildirim Army Group or Thunderbolt Army Group of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: Yıldırım Ordular Grubu) or Army Group F (German: Heeresgruppe F) was an Army Group of the Ottoman Army during World War I. While being an Ottoman unit, it also contained the German Asia Corps.
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10th (Irish) Division
The 10th (Irish) Division, was one of the first of Kitchener's New Army K1 Army Group divisions (formed from Kitchener's 'first hundred thousand' new volunteers), authorized on 21 August 1914, after the outbreak of the Great War.
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12th Light Horse Regiment (Australia)
The 12th Light Horse Regiment was a mounted unit of the Australian Army.
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162nd (East Midland) Brigade
The East Midland Brigade was an infantry brigade of the Territorial Force, part of the British Army, that was raised in 1908.
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179th (2/4th London) Brigade
The 179th (2/4th London) Brigade was a formation of the British Army during the First World War.
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180th (2/5th London) Brigade
The 180th (2/5th London) Brigade was a formation of the British Army during the First World War.
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1917 French Army mutinies
The 1917 French Army mutinies took place amongst French Army troops on the Western Front in northern France during World War I. They started just after the unsuccessful and costly Second Battle of the Aisne, the main action in the Nivelle Offensive in April 1917. Battle of Jerusalem and 1917 French Army mutinies are conflicts in 1917.
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229th Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 2nd Dismounted Brigade was a formation of the British Army in the First World War.
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232nd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 232nd Infantry Brigade was a formation of the British Army during both the First and the Second World Wars.
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234th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 234th Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army, raised during the First World War, and was later reformed during the Second World War.
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2nd Light Horse Brigade
The 2nd Light Horse Brigade was a mounted infantry brigade of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) which served in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I. The brigade was initially formed as a part-time militia formation in the early 1900s in New South Wales.
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3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)
The 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) was a Yeomanry regiment of the British Army.
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4th Light Horse Brigade
The 4th Light Horse Brigade was a mounted infantry brigade of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) serving in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I. The brigade was initially formed as a part-time militia formation in the early 1900s in Victoria and Tasmania.
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52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division
The 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army that was originally formed as the Lowland Division, in 1908 as part of the Territorial Force.
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53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division
The 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army that fought in both the First and Second World Wars.
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54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division
The 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army.
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58th Vaughan's Rifles (Frontier Force)
The 58th Vaughan's Rifles (Frontier Force) was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army.
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60th (2/2nd London) Division
The 60th (2/2nd London) Division was an infantry division of the British Army raised during the First World War.
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74th (Yeomanry) Division
The 74th (Yeomanry) Division was a Territorial Force infantry division formed in Palestine in early 1917 from three dismounted yeomanry brigades.
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75th Division (United Kingdom)
75th Division was an infantry division of the British Army in World War I. It was raised in the field by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) in 1917 and it included British, Indian and South African troops.
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9th Light Horse Regiment (Australia)
The 9th Light Horse Regiment was a mounted rifles regiment of the Australian Army during the First World War.
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See also
1910s in Jerusalem
- Battle of Jerusalem
- Battle of Nebi Samwil
- Moriah (newspaper)
- Pro-Jerusalem Society
1917 in British-administered Palestine
- Balfour Declaration
- Battle of Ayun Kara
- Battle of Jaffa (1917)
- Battle of Jerusalem
- Battle of Mughar Ridge
- Battle of Nebi Samwil
- Battle of Rafa
- Capture of Wadi el Hesi
- Charge at Huj
- Charge at Sheria
- Raid on the Beersheba to Hafir el Auja railway
- Sinai and Palestine campaign
- Southern Palestine offensive
- Stalemate in Southern Palestine
20th century in Jerusalem
- Österlandet
- Allenby Square
- Battle of Ammunition Hill
- Battle of Jerusalem
- Cross of the Mount of Olives
- Davidka
- Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby
- Jerusalem Embassy Act
- Jordanian annexation of the West Bank
- Kadima House
- Kiryat HaMemshala
- Kiryat Menachem Begin
- List of East Jerusalem locations
- Robert Paus Platt
December 1917 events
- 1917 Australian conscription referendum
- 1917 Canadian federal election
- 1917 Sacramento Governor's Mansion bombing
- 1917 Southampton by-election
- 1917 State of the Union Address
- Action on the Polderhoek Spur
- Aleksandrovsk Bolshevik Uprising
- Armistice between Russia and the Central Powers
- Armistice of Erzincan
- Armistice of Focșani
- Battle of Cambrai (1917)
- Battle of El Burj
- Battle of Jaffa (1917)
- Battle of Jerusalem
- Brite Ranch raid
- Finnish Declaration of Independence
- Halifax Explosion
- Kiev November uprising (1917)
- Lation Scott
- List of shipwrecks in December 1917
- Night action of 1/2 December 1917
- Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne derailment
- Shepherdsville train wreck
- Solar eclipse of December 14, 1917
- Southern Palestine offensive
- United States declaration of war on Austria-Hungary
History of the Royal Air Force during World War I
- Battle of Aleppo (1918)
- Battle of Arara
- Battle of Hareira and Sheria
- Battle of Jerusalem
- Battle of Magdhaba
- Battle of Megiddo (1918)
- Battle of Nablus (1918)
- Battle of Nazareth
- Battle of Rafa
- Battle of Romani
- Battle of Sharon
- Battle of Tabsor
- Battle of Tel el Khuweilfe
- Battle of Tulkarm
- Capture of Afulah and Beisan
- Capture of Jenin
- Charge at Khan Ayash
- Charge at Sheria
- First Battle of Amman
- First Battle of Gaza
- First Battle of the Jordan
- Raid on the Suez Canal
- Second Battle of Gaza
- Sinai and Palestine campaign
- Southern Palestine offensive
- Stalemate in Southern Palestine
- Third Transjordan attack
- Tondern raid
Military history of Jerusalem
- Battle of Ammunition Hill
- Battle of Jerusalem
- Naqib al-Ashraf revolt
- Zealot Temple siege
November 1917 events
- 1917 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
- 1917 New York City mayoral election
- 1917 Pittsburgh mayoral election
- 1917 Russian Constituent Assembly election
- 1917 Sfatul Țării election
- 1917 Subiaco state by-election
- 1917 United States gubernatorial elections
- 1917 Uruguayan constitutional referendum
- 1917 Victorian state election
- 1917 Virginia gubernatorial election
- Action of 17 November 1917
- Balfour Declaration
- Battle of Ayun Kara
- Battle of Cambrai (1917)
- Battle of Caporetto
- Battle of Hareira and Sheria
- Battle of Jerusalem
- Battle of Moon Sound
- Battle of Mughar Ridge
- Battle of Nebi Samwil
- Battle of Ngomano
- Battle of Tel el Khuweilfe
- C.26
- Capture of Wadi el Hesi
- Charge at Huj
- Charge at Sheria
- Declaration of the Rights of the Peoples of Russia
- Decree on the Abolition of Estates and Civil Ranks
- First Battle of the Piave River
- Kerensky–Krasnov uprising
- Kiev Bolshevik Uprising
- Lone gunner of Flesquières
- Milwaukee Police Department bombing
- Moscow Bolshevik Uprising
- October Revolution
- Rapallo and Peschiera conferences
- Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies
- Second Battle of Heligoland Bight
- Second Battle of Passchendaele
- Southern Palestine offensive
- Third Battle of Gaza
- Third Universal of the Ukrainian Central Council
- Tulsa Outrage
- Universals (Central Council of Ukraine)
- Vinnytsia Bolshevik Uprising
Sieges of Jerusalem
- Assyrian siege of Jerusalem
- Battle for Jerusalem
- Battle of Jerusalem
- Burma Road (Israel)
- Sasanian conquest of Jerusalem
- Siege of Jebus
- Siege of Jerusalem (1099)
- Siege of Jerusalem (1187)
- Siege of Jerusalem (1244)
- Siege of Jerusalem (1834)
- Siege of Jerusalem (37 BC)
- Siege of Jerusalem (587 BC)
- Siege of Jerusalem (597 BC)
- Siege of Jerusalem (63 BC)
- Siege of Jerusalem (636–637)
- Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE)
- Zealot Temple siege
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Jerusalem
Also known as Battle of Jerusalem (1917).
, David Lloyd George, Dayr Tarif, Deir al-Balah, Desert Mounted Corps, Devonshire Regiment, Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, Edward Bulfin, Edward Chaytor, Egyptian Camel Transport Corps, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, Egyptian Labour Corps, Eighth Army (Ottoman Empire), Ein 'Arik, Erich von Falkenhayn, Essex Brigade, Essex Regiment, Fevzi Çakmak, Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, Gaza City, General (Germany), George Barrow (Indian Army officer), German Empire, Gibeah, Greatcoat, Grenade, Gurkha, Harry Chauvel, Hebron, Highland Light Infantry, Highway 1 (Israel–Palestine), Hittites, Huj, Gaza, Hussein al-Husayni, III Corps (Ottoman Empire), Imperial Camel Corps, Imperial Russian Army, Imperial War Cabinet, Imwas, Jaffa, Jaffa Gate, Jarisha, Jericho, Jerusalem, John Shea (Indian Army officer), Joshua, Judaean Mountains, Julis, Gaza, King's Shropshire Light Infantry, Lakhish River, Latrun, Lieutenant general (Australia), Lightering, Line of communication, Lod, London Regiment (1908–1938), Mandatory Palestine, Mayor of Jerusalem, Mecca, Mediterranean Sea, Middle Eastern theatre of World War I, Military of the Ottoman Empire, Mills bomb, Mutasarrif, Nabi Samwil, Nablus, Nablus Road, Nahal Sorek, Neo-Assyrian Empire, Neo-Babylonian Empire, New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade, No. 1 Squadron RAAF, No. 111 Squadron RAF, No. 113 Squadron RAF, Northamptonshire Regiment, October Revolution, Old City of Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire, Palestine (region), Petah Tikva, Philip Chetwode, 1st Baron Chetwode, Philistines, Picket (military), Presidencies and provinces of British India, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Qastina, QF 13-pounder gun, Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry, Rafat, Jerusalem, Ramallah, Ramla, Rishon LeZion, Royal Army Service Corps, Royal Australian Army Service Corps, Royal Field Artillery, Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, Royal Horse Artillery, Royal Welch Fusiliers, Russia, Sangar (fortification), Saris, Jerusalem, Seventh Army (Ottoman Empire), Sha'ar HaGai, Shilta, Shock tactics, Sinai and Palestine campaign, Sir William Robertson, 1st Baronet, Sniper, Solomon's Pools, Southern Palestine offensive, Summil, Third Battle of Gaza, Troop, Tulkarm, Vickers machine gun, Way of the Patriarchs, Western Front (World War I), Wilhelma, Palestine, World War I, XX Corps (Ottoman Empire), XX Corps (United Kingdom), XXI Corps (United Kingdom), Yalo, Yarkon River, Yeomanry Mounted Division, Yildirim Army Group, 10th (Irish) Division, 12th Light Horse Regiment (Australia), 162nd (East Midland) Brigade, 179th (2/4th London) Brigade, 180th (2/5th London) Brigade, 1917 French Army mutinies, 229th Brigade (United Kingdom), 232nd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom), 234th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom), 2nd Light Horse Brigade, 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), 4th Light Horse Brigade, 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division, 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division, 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division, 58th Vaughan's Rifles (Frontier Force), 60th (2/2nd London) Division, 74th (Yeomanry) Division, 75th Division (United Kingdom), 9th Light Horse Regiment (Australia).