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°
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