Second Battle of Amman (1918)

Second Battle of Amman
Part of the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
View across Amman to the Citadel
Date 25 September 1918 Location Amman, Syria Vilayet, Ottoman Empire Result British Empire victory
Belligerents
British Empire  British India  Australia  New Zealand British West Indies  Arab Revolt	Ottoman Empire  German Empire
Commanders and leaders
Edmund Allenby Edward Chaytor	Otto Liman von Sanders Mohammed Jemal Pasha
Units involved
Chaytor's Force Anzac Mounted Division 20th Indian Brigade 1st and 2nd Battalions British West Indies Regiment 38th and 39th Battalions Royal Fusiliers	Fourth Army II Corps; Hauran Detachment, Amman Division, Ma'an Detachment VIII Corps; Caucasus Cavalry Brigade, 48th Division, Composite Division, Mule-mounted Infantry Regiment

Chaytor's Force

Fourth Army

The Second Battle of Amman was fought on 25 September 1918 during the Third Transjordan attack as part of the Battle of Nablus which together with the main Battle of Sharon form the major set piece offensive known as the Battle of Megiddo of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign in World War I. After cutting the road from Nablus to Es Salt on 22 September Chaytor's Force captured the bridge over the Jordan River at Jisr ed Damieh while units of the Seventh Army and remnants of the Eighth Army were still in retreating towards the bridge from the Judean Hills. Having cut this line of retreat, Chaytor's Force proceeded eastwards to attack and capture Es Salt, before riding on to attack and capture the Ottoman rearguard of the Fourth Army defending Amman. These British Empire victories of the Third Transjordan attack over Yildirim Army Group forces, followed two unsuccessful EEF attacks across the Jordan River in March and April 1918.

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