Battle of Salkhad

Ne zaman

19 Tem 1925 – 20 Tem 1925

Tür

Muharebe

Koordinatlar

32.49° N, 36.71° E

Description

1925 battle

The capture of Salkhad refers to the clash between the Druze rebel forces of Sultan Pasha al-Atrash and a unit of the French Mandate based in Salkhad on 20 July 1925. It would become the first confrontation of the Great Syrian Revolt. Preceding the battle, on 19 July, al-Atrash's forces shot down a French reconnaissance plane, the first shots of the revolt, and captured its injured pilots.

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