First Battle of Gaza
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The <entity_0> was fought on <entity_2>, during the first attempt by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) to invade the south of <entity_3> in the <entity_1> during the Sinai and <entity_3> Campaign of the First World War. In <entity_2>, two months later, <entity_5> was attacked by Eastern Force infantry from the 52nd (Lowland) Division reinforced by an infantry brigade. Their new defensive line stretched north and north east, from <entity_5> on the north side of the Wadi Ghuzzee to Tel esh Sheria, where the <entity_3> railway crossed the Wadi esh Sheria. During the <entity_4> the serious pressure from Ottoman forces advancing to relieve <entity_5> from the east had been expected and had begun to make an impact since 16:00. However, in view of the late start to the <entity_4> and the threat from these reinforcements, Dobell, the commander of Eastern Force, after talking with Chetwode, the commander of Desert Column, decided that unless <entity_5> was captured by nightfall, the fighting must stop and the mounted force withdrawn. On the day of <entity_4>, <entity_2>, the sun set at 18:00 (Cairo time). Both Murray and Dobell portrayed the <entity_4> as a success, Murray sending the following message to the War Office on 28 March: "We have advanced our troops a distance of fifteen miles from Rafa to the Wadi Ghuzzee, five miles west of <entity_5>, to cover the construction of the railway. The British press reported the <entity_4> as a success, but an Ottoman plane dropped a message that said, "You beat us at communiqués, but we beat you at <entity_5>."
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