First Transjordan attack on Amman
The First Transjordan attack on Amman (known to the British as the First Attack on Amman) and to their enemy as the First Battle of the Jordan took place between 21 March and 2 April 1918, as a consequence of the successful Battle of Tell 'Asur which occurred after the Capture of Jericho in February and the Occupation of the Jordan Valley began, during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of World War I. During the First Transjordan attack large incursions into Ottoman territory occurred. Firstly the Passage of the Jordan River, was successfully captured between 21 and 23 March, followed by the first occupation of Es Salt in the hills of Moab between 24 and 25 March. The First Battle of Amman took place between 27 and 31 March when the Anzac Mounted Division and the Imperial Camel Corps Brigad
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First Transjordan attack on Amman
The First Transjordan attack on Amman (known to the British as the First Attack on Amman) and to their enemy as the First Battle of the Jordan took place between 21 March and 2 April 1918, as a consequence of the successful Battle of Tell 'Asur which occurred after the Capture of Jericho in February and the Occupation of the Jordan Valley began, during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of World War I. During the First Transjordan attack large incursions into Ottoman territory occurred. Firstly the Passage of the Jordan River, was successfully captured between 21 and 23 March, followed by the first occupation of Es Salt in the hills of Moab between 24 and 25 March. The First Battle of Amman took place between 27 and 31 March when the Anzac Mounted Division and the Imperial Camel Corps Brigad
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"أول هجوم على عمان في عهد إمار ...... اً لاحتلال مدينتي السلط وعمان.
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The First Transjordan attack o ...... the eastern side of the river.
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causalties
1,010 wounded
123 missing
combatant
date
1918-04-02
place of military conflict
result
Ottoman victory
strength
6,000 troops with 15 guns
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30,745,335
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735,402,026
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Ottoman prisoners on their way to Jericho from Es Salt
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objective
establish crossing over the Jo ...... railway line of communication
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It was, in its way, one of the ...... osing off rifles into the air.
Pontoons had to be secured ver ...... ttle or no hope of surviving."
source
A. S. Benbow, 9th Company, Imperial Camel Corps Brigade
units
German 703rd Infantry Battalion
Shea Group
* 60th (London) Div ...... * Imperial Camel Corps Brigade
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"أول هجوم على عمان في عهد إمار ...... وزيلندا) وفيلق الهجانة الإمبرا
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The First Transjordan attack o ...... he Imperial Camel Corps Brigad
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First Transjordan attack on Amman
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أول هجوم على مدينة عمان في عهد إمارة شرق الأردن
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3.593333333333333e+1
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First Transjordan attack/First Battle of the Jordan
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