What the records say
- When
- 3 Oct 1918 – 27 Oct 1918
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 33.51° N, 36.29° E
- War
- World War I
Placed at the coordinates of its Arabic Wikipedia article.
Pursuit to Haritan
1918 battle in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
The Pursuit to Haritan occurred between 29 September and 26 October 1918 when the XXI Corps and Desert Mounted Corps of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) pursued the retreating remnants of the Yildirim Army Group advanced north from Damascus after that city was captured on 1 October during the final weeks of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of the First World War.
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