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Then, during the night of 1/2 November, the Third Battle of Gaza took place on the Mediterranean coast, when limited attacks by the XXI Corps were made against strongly held, formidable defences. This move up the road from Beersheba to Jerusalem, also threatened Hebron and Bethlehem. The next day, on 1 November, the Battle of Tel el Khuweilfe began, with an advance north of Beersheba into the Judean foothills, by the 53rd (Welsh) and the ANZAC Mounted Divisions.

Ottoman counterattacks 27 November to 1 DecemberĪfter a joint attack by the XX and the Desert Mounted Corps, Beersheba at the eastern end of the Gaza to Beersheba line, was captured.

Relief of XXI Corps and Desert Mounted Corps 24 November to 2 December.

During five and a half weeks of almost continuous offensive operations, the EEF captured 47.5 miles (76.4 km) of territory. There followed three weeks of hard fighting in the Judean Hills before Jerusalem was captured on 9 December 1917. During the following seven days of pursuit, the Turkish forces were pushed back to Jaffa. After the capture of Beersheba, by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF), the Gaza to Beersheba line became increasingly weakened and, seven days later, the EEF successfully forced the Ottoman Turkish Empire's Seventh and Eighth Armies to withdraw. The Southern Palestine Offensive, employing manoeuvre warfare, began on 31 October 1917, with the Battle of Beersheba, during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign, of World War I.

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