Second Transjordan attack on Shunet Nimrin and Es Salt

When

30 Apr 1918 – 4 May 1918

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

32.32° N, 35.57° E

Description

1918 military offensive

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

1916 offensive of the World War I Middle East Theatre

The Second Transjordan attack on Shunet Nimrin and Es Salt, officially known by the British as the Second action of Es Salt and by others as the Second Battle of the Jordan, was fought east of the Jordan River between 30 April and 4 May 1918, during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of the First World War. The battle followed the failure of the First Transjordan attack on Amman fought at the beginning April.

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