What the records say
- When
- 2 Apr 1918
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 31.93° N, 35.93° E
- Description
- 1918 historical offensive
- War
- World War I
First Battle of the Jordan
Battle fought during WWI
The First Transjordan attack on Amman and to their enemy as the First Battle of the Jordan took place between 21 March and 2 April 1918, as a consequence of the successful Battle of Tell 'Asur which occurred after the Capture of Jericho in February and the Occupation of the Jordan Valley began, during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of World War I.
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