Battle of Arara (1918 AD)

Battle of Arara (Side A vs French Armenian Legion) took place in 1918 AD during Middle Eastern Theater of World War I.

Battle facts

Year: 1918 AD
Date: 1918-09-19
Era: Modern
Conflict: Middle Eastern Theater of World War I
Side B: French Armenian Legion
Commanders (A): Otto Liman von Sanders, Jevad Pasha, Oberst Gustav von Oppen
Commanders (B): Edmund Allenby, Colonel Jean Philpin de Piépape, Lieutenant Colonel Louis Romieu, Major General S. W. Hare
Casualties: approx. 218 Ottoman soldiers including six officers taken prisoner by the DFPS among 700 prisoners535 including 23 French Armenian Legion dead 76 wounded
Outcome: Franco–British victory
Coordinates: 32.494°, 35.054°