Key Facts
- Dates
- 21–25 September 1918
- Captured equivalent
- One Ottoman corps
- Key capture
- Amman, taken 25 September 1918
- Armistice signed
- 30 October 1918 (Armistice of Mudros)
- Parent operation
- Battle of Megiddo, Battle of Nablus
Strategic Narrative Overview
Beginning 21 September, Chaytor's Force assaulted northward at Kh Fasail, then captured the Ottoman 53rd Division attempting to retreat across the Jordan. The Jisr ed Damieh bridge and nearby fords were seized, closing the main eastward escape route. The Force then captured Shunet Nimrin, Es Salt, and finally Amman on 25 September during the Second Battle of Amman, while the Fourth Army's VIII Corps retreated in disorder.
01 / The Origins
By late 1918, the British Empire's Egyptian Expeditionary Force sought to destroy the Ottoman Yildirim Army Group in Palestine during the final phase of the Sinai and Palestine campaign of World War I. The Third Transjordan attack was launched as a subsidiary operation on the right flank of the broader Battle of Nablus, aiming to cut off Ottoman retreat routes across the Jordan River and eliminate the Fourth Army's capacity to withdraw northward.
03 / The Outcome
The Ottoman Fourth Army's II Corps surrendered at Ziza, ending organized resistance in Transjordan. Surviving Ottoman forces fled north toward Damascus, which fell to the Desert Mounted Corps on 1 October. Pursuit continued through Homs and Aleppo before the Armistice of Mudros was signed on 30 October 1918, ending the Sinai and Palestine campaign and Ottoman military operations in the region.
Belligerents & Mobilization Analysis
Side A
1 belligerent
Major General Edward Chaytor.
Side B
1 belligerent
Kinetic Engagement Axis
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