Battles of the Great War

The Battle of Gaza - The Soldiers

The Theatre of War

Gaza
This aerial view was taken during the Great War 1914 - 1918.

The military leaders

Sir Archibald James Murray
General Sir Archibald James Murray GCMG, KCB, CVO, DSO, born 23 April 1860 in Kingsclere, Hampshire, died 21 January 1945 in Reigate, Surrey, was a British Army officer during World War I, most famous for his commanding the Egyptian Expeditionary Force from 1916 to 1917.

Friedrich Freiherr Kreß von Kressenstein
(born 24 April 1870 in Nuremberg; died 16 October 1948 in Munich) was a German General of the Artillery and member of the Offizier Corps what the Ottoman Army trained and led during World War I.

Sources:

Gaza
Friedrich Kreß von Kressenstein

Archibald James Murray Book "Schlachten des Weltkrieges 1914-1918 - Jildirim"
Published by Gerhard Stalling, 1922

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