Capture of Damascus (1918)

Capture of Damascus
Part of the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
A busy city square in Damascus 1918
Date 26 September – 1 October 1918 Location Advance from Haifa, Tiberias and Beisan to Damascus Result Allied Victory
Belligerents
British Empire  British India  Australia  New Zealand Sharif of Mecca Kingdom of Hejaz  France	Ottoman Empire  German Empire
Commanders and leaders
Edmund Allenby Edward Bulfin Harry Chauvel Prince Feisal	Liman von Sanders Mustafa Kemal Pasha Jevad Pasha Oberst von Oppen
Units involved
XXI Corps Desert Mounted Corps Prince Feisal's Sherifial Force	Remnants of the Fourth Army Seventh Army Eighth Army Asia Corps

 British Empire

The Capture of Damascus occurred on 1 October 1918 after the capture of Haifa and the victory at the Battle of Samakh which opened the way for the pursuit north from the Sea of Galilee and the Third Transjordan attack which opened the way to Deraa and the inland pursuit, after the decisive Egyptian Expeditionary Force victory at the Battle of Megiddo during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of World War I. Damascus was captured when Desert Mounted Corps and Prince Feisal's Sherifial Hejaz Army encircled the city, after a cavalry pursuit northwards along the two main roads to Damascus. During the pursuit to Damascus, many rearguards established by remnants of the Fourth, Seventh and Eighth Armies, were attacked and captured. Prince Feisal's Sherifial Army, Desert Mounted Corps' Australian Mounted Division the 4th and the 5th Cavalry Divisions. The important tactical success of capturing Damascus resulted in political manoeuvring by representatives from France, Britain and Prince Feisal's force.

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