'No. 4 troops coming in', circa 1917.Edward Gordon Williams, AWMM: PH-ALB-213

War chronicle · Maehe–Tīhema · Gaza, Palestine

Te Pakanga ki Parihitini


Ka whakaekea a Parihitini e ngā Whenua Haumi. Ka mau te taone o Hiruhārama.

Ka wikitōria te Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) i te Pakanga ki Sinai i te marama o Hānuere. He āwhina nui te mahi a te Ope Hōiho o Niu Tīreni, arā, i mau i a rātou te tūranga whakamutunga o ngā Ottoman.

Kua whakamānawatia te Kāwanatanga o Piritana, ka tono rātou i te EEF ki te kōkiri i te whenua o Parihitini, kei raro tērā i te mana whakahaere o te whenua o Ottoman. E rua ngā wā ka kōkiritia te rohe o Gaza e te EEF, ko te waharoa tēnei ki Parihitini ki te tonga. Heoi, i te marama o Maehe me te marama o Āperira ka hinga kē rātou. Tokomaha i mate.

He rite tonu ngā pae riri a ngā Ottoman ki Gaza me ērā i te tuawhenua ki ngā awakeri i te Pae o te Uru. Te āhua nei, ka mau hoki te whenua o Parihitini i te riri hua kore.

Kātahi, ka wikitōria te EEF i te Pakanga Tuatoru o Gaza (31 Oketopa–7 Nōema). He mea ārahi taua pakanga nā tō rātou rangatira hou, nā Tianara Edmund Allenby. Ahakoa kua āia whakamuri ngā ope taua o Ottoman, ka tahuri anō rātou ki te whawhai ki Hiruhārama. Heoi, ka mau te taone tapu rā i te EEF i mua i te paunga o tō rātou kaha i te mutunga o Tīhema.