What the records say
- When
- 19 Sep 1918 – 25 Sep 1918
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 30.81° N, 36.38° E
- Location
- from the Rafat salient in the Judean Hills to the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea, north to Nablus and Jisr ed Damieh, and east to Es Salt and Amman
- Outcome
- British and Arab victory
- Belligerents
- Ottoman Empire German Empire vs British Empire, United Kingdom, India, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Arab Revolt
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
Battle of Nablus (1918)
Middle Eastern battle of WWI
The Battle of Nablus took place, together with the Battle of Sharon during the set piece Battle of Megiddo between 19 and 25 September 1918 in the last months of the Sinai and Palestine campaign of the First World War. Fighting took place in the Judean Hills where the British Empire's XX Corps attacked the Ottoman Empire's Yildirim Army Group's Seventh Army defending their line in front of Nablus.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Read the article
2 sources record it
- World War I battles (Wikipedia)Wikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributors · names it “Battle of Nablus”Creative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
Part of
Nearby in time and place
- Battle of Tafilah25 Jan 1918 · Battle
- The Third Transjordan attack ends with ANZAC Mounted Division victory at the Second Battle of Amman, with the subsequent capture at Ziza of the Ottoman II Corps25 Sep 1918 · Event
- Battle of Wadi Musa23 Oct 1917 · Battle
- Second Battle of Amman25 Sep 1918 · Battle
- First Transjordan attack on Amman2 Apr 1918 · Battle
- First Battle of Amman27 Mar 1918 · Battle
- Battle of Hijla21 Mar 1918 · Battle
- Battle of Abu Tellul14 Jul 1918 · Battle