Capture of Salkhad

Battle of Salkhad
Part of The Great Syrian Revolt
Date19–20 July 1925
Location
Salkhad, Jabal al-Arab, Syria
Result Druze victory
Belligerents

France

 Druze rebels
Commanders and leaders
Gen. Maurice Sarrail
Tommy Martin		 Sultan Pasha al-Atrash
Mit'ib al-Atrash
Strength
40 (officers and Mandatory employees) 250 (cavalry)
Casualties and losses
2 wounded None

The capture of Salkhad refers to the clash between the Druze rebel forces of Sultan Pasha al-Atrash and a unit of the French Mandate based in Salkhad on 20 July 1925. It would become the first confrontation of the Great Syrian Revolt. Preceding the battle, on 19 July, al-Atrash's forces shot down a French reconnaissance plane, the first shots of the revolt, and captured its injured pilots. The next day, rebels captured Salkhad and its French garrison without facing significant resistance.

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