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World War 1, Middle East, Palestine, Jaffa, Light Horse, 1917

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1917

Overview

View of Town Hall, Jaffa with mounted Light horsemen riding in street

Historical information

The Battle of Jaffa, occurred during the Southern Palestine Offensive during World war 1. On 16 November 1917, the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade captured the port of Jaffa, after defeating Ottoman forces at Ayun Kara. However, Ottoman troops remained only 3 miles away across the Auju (Yarkon) River, making Jaffa vulnerable to artillery fire. To secure the area, the 52nd (Lowland) Division launched a night assault on 20-21 December, crossing the Auju River and driving the Ottomans back by 5 miles. This move allowed the British forces to control the area and secure the strategic link between Jaffa and Jerusalem.

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Registration number

cwa-org-32-P1997.103.1a

Item type

Photographs

Themes

War and Conflict
War and Conflict > World War 1

Inscriptions and markings

The Jaffa Clock stands in the middle of the north end of Yefet Street in Jaffa, Tel Aviv.The limestone tower was constructed in 1900 and initiated by a Joseph Bey Moyal, a Jewish businessman from Jaffa, and was made possible with contributions from all communities of Jaffa, including Jews, Armenians, Maronites and Arabs. It was constructed to commemorate the silver jubilee of the reign of the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II. It also helped develop the center of the town, in a time when Jaffa was undergoing rapid modernization.

Year

1917

Geotag

32.054933634867, 34.756274771831

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