Battle of Sharon (1918)

Battle of Sharon
Part of the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
Falls Map 20 Detail shows capture of Nahr el Faliq and clearing of the coastal plain for the cavalry advance, the attack on the Tabsor defences and the advances towards Tulkarm and Et Tire
Date 19–25 September 1918 Location Series of infantry attacks along the front line from the Mediterranean coast to the Rafat salient in the Judean Hills infantry captures of Tulkarm and Tabsor with subsequent cavalry occupation of the Esdraelon Plain cavalry attacks northwards to Haifa, Nazareth and Samakh Result British Empire victory
Belligerents
British Empire  United Kingdom  British India  Australia  New Zealand  France	Ottoman Empire  German Empire
Commanders and leaders
Edmund Allenby Edward Bulfin Harry Chauvel	Otto Liman von Sanders Mustafa Kemal Pasha Jevad Pasha
Units involved
Egyptian Expeditionary Force XXI Corps; 3rd (Lahore), 7th (Meerut), 54th, 60th and 75th Divisions, the Détachment Français de Palestine et de Syrie Desert Mounted Corps; 4th and 5th Cavalry and Australian Mounted Divisions including the 16th Régiment Mixte de Marche de Palestine et Syrie	Yildirim Army Group Seventh Army; III Corps: 1st and 11th Divisions; XX Corps: 24th, 26th, and 53rd Divisions Eighth Army; XXII Corps: 7th and 20th Divisions; Asia Corps: 16th and 19th Divisions, German Pasha II Brigade; Army Troops: 46th Division
Strength
35,000 infantry, 9,000 cavalry, 383 guns	40,598 infantry
Casualties and losses
XXI Corps 3,378 casualties including 446 killed Desert Mounted Corps 125 killed, 408 wounded or missing	more than 3,000 dead and wounded, unknown casualties from aerial bombing, more than 25,000 prisoners

 British Empire

Egyptian Expeditionary Force

Yildirim Army Group

The Battle of Sharon fought between 19 and 25 September 1918, began the set piece Battle of Megiddo half a day before the Battle of Nablus, in which large formations engaged and responded to movements by the opposition, according to pre-existing plans, in the last months of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of World War I. The fighting took place over a wide area from the Mediterranean Sea east to the Rafat salient in the Judean Hills. Here the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) XXI Corps with the French brigade sized Détachment Français de Palestine et de Syrie attacked the Yildirim Army Group Eighth Army's XXII Corps and German Asia Corps. The Battle of Sharon extended well behind the Ottoman front lines when the Desert Mounted Corps rode through a gap in the front line across the Plain of Sharon to occupy the Esdraelon Plain. Meanwhile, during the Battle of Nablus the XX Corps attacked Nablus while Chaytor's Force held the right flank in the Jordan Valley before advancing to secure bridges and fords across the Jordan River, to continue the encirclement the defenders in the Judean Hills. Subsequently Chaytor's Force advanced against the Fourth Army to capture Es Salt and Amman after the Second Battle of Amman.

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