Battle of Maysalun
| Battle of Maysalun معركة ميسلون |
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| Part of the Franco-Syrian War | |||||||
 French general Henri Gouraud inspecting his troops in the Anti-Lebanon Mountains the day before the Battle of Maysalun |
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Henri Gouraud Mariano Goybet
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.svg){kind=small} Muhammad al-Ashmar Yasin Kiwan †
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| 12,000 troops (backed by tanks and aircraft) | 1,400–4,000 regulars, Bedouin cavalrymen, civilian volunteers | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 42 killed 152 wounded 14 missing (French claim) |
~150 killed (French claim) ~1,500 wounded (French claim) |
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Yusuf al-'Azma † Hassan al-Hindi
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