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The first Suez Offence was an offence in 1915 in World War One. In 1915 the Ottoman Empire invaded Egypt with the objective of taking the Suez Canal. On April 5 the Ottomans captured the city of Suez. The British cut the Ottoman suply line and laid siege to Suez. An Ottoman relief force arrived on April 30 bu was cut to peices by the British. On May 7 the Ottomans surrenderd and that was the end of the firt Suez Offence.


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