Turkish prisoners, Gaza, 10 November 1917

Photograph, World War One, Egypt and Palestine (1914-1918), 1917.

The Egyptian Expeditionary Force captured Gaza town on 7 November, following the Third Battle of Gaza (1-2 November), an operation that saw British Empire troops break the defences there while the Turks were simultaneously outflanked to the east at Beersheba (31 October 1917).

One of 128 photographs collected by Maj C E Lugard, East Surrey Regiment and Royal Flying Corps, 1914-1944.