Battle of Nablus (1918)

Battle of Nablus
Part of the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
Ottoman prisoners march under escort through Nablus
Date 19–25 September 1918 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 Result Egyptian Expeditionary Force victory
Belligerents
British Empire  United Kingdom  British India  Australia  New Zealand South Africa  Arab Revolt	Ottoman Empire  German Empire
Commanders and leaders
Edmund Allenby Philip Chetwode Edward Chaytor	Otto Liman von Sanders Mustafa Kemal Pasha Gustav von Oppen Mohammed Jemal Pasha
Units involved
Egyptian Expeditionary Force XX Corps Chaytor's Force	Yildirim Army Group Seventh Army Asia Corps (Eighth Army) Fourth Army

 British Empire

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. This battle was also fought on the right flank in the Jordan Valley, where Chaytor's Force attacked and captured the Jordan River crossings, before attacking the Fourth Army at Es Salt and Amman capturing many thousands of prisoners and extensive territory. The Battle of Nablus began half a day after the main Battle of Sharon, which was fought on the Mediterranean section of the front line where the XXI Corps attacked the Eighth Army defending the line in front of Tulkarm and Tabsor and the Desert Mounted Corps which rode north to capture the Esdrealon Plain. Together these two battles, known as the Battle of Megiddo, began the Final Offensive of the war in the Sinai and Palestine campaign.

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