Battle of Balaa

When

3 Sep 1936

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

32.33° N, 35.11° E

Description

1936 battle

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

The Battle of Balaa took place on 3 September 1936, when Arab rebels ambushed a detachment of the British Army's Royal Lincolnshire Regiment near the village of Bal'a. The rebels, mostly well-disciplined and well-equipped Transjordanian and Syrian volunteers under Fawzi al-Qawuqji, put up a determined fight, killing at least 3 British soldiers and destroying two planes.

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