 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukutanga kwa1917, Imperial Mounted Division yakaumbwa kubva ku3rd ne4th Light Horse Brigades uye maviri eBritish akatasva mabhirigadi. Chikamu ichi chakatanga kushanda panguva yeHondo yekutanga yeGaza, yakaitika kumaodzanyemba kweGaza musi wa 26 Kurume 1917. Panenge panguva dzemasikati mabhirigadi maviri eAnzac Mounted Division akarwisa Gaza kubva kuchamhembe nekumabvazuva. Na6:00 p.m. nzvimbo yeTurkey yakanga yava kuva ine ngozi netambo yacho ichivhara zvakasimba yakapoteredza Gaza. Zvisinei, muchisarudzo chakatyisa varwi vavo vakawanda vakuru vakuru vokuBritain vakasarudza kurega kurwisa ndokudzokera shure, vachipa vaTurkey rukundo. Kuedza kwechipiri kwakaitwa kutora Gaza musi wa 19 Kubvumbi panguva iyo dziviriro dzeTurkey dzaive dzakatonyanya kutyisa uye basa rakatarisana nemaBritish rakatonyanya kuoma. Hondo iyi yakazozivikanwa seHondo yechipiri yeGaza. Anzac Mounted Division yakaita basa duku chete muhondo iyi ichirwadziwa chete ne105 kurasikirwa kubva pa5 917 vakatambura. Hondo yechipiri yeGaza yakanga iri kukundwa kunoparadza kwemauto eAllied. 