Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Edward Bulfin

Battles of Edward Bulfin

British Army general (1862–1939)

Edward Bulfin is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1917 and 1918: 7 battles across 3 present-day countries, most in Israel (4), Palestine (2), Syria (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 397 km apart end to end, 66 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Middle Eastern theater of World War I (6), World War I (1).

Battle of Mughar RidgeBattle of TabsorThird Battle of GazaBattle of JerusalemBattle of JaffaBattle of TulkarmCapture of DamascusThird Battle of GazaBattle of JerusalemBattle of JaffaBattle of TulkarmCapture of DamascusBeirutAmmanBur SaidHaifaEl ArishNazarethAl KarakZahléAs SuwaydaAl Qunaytirah200 km32.501N, 35.387E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1917: 4 engagements4 in 19171918: 3 engagements19171918
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Third Battle of Gaza, 1917Battle of Mughar Ridge, 1917Battle of Jerusalem, 1917Battle of Jaffa, 1917Battle of Tulkarm, 1918Battle of Tabsor, 1918Capture of Damascus, 191819171918
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1 November 1917Third Battle of GazaGaza City, PalestineAllied victory
13 November 1917Battle of Mughar RidgeIsrael49 km NEBritish Empire victory
17 November 1917Battle of JerusalemJerusalem, Israel43 km EAllied victoryEnd of the Ottoman rule in Jerusalem and...
20 December 1917Battle of JaffaYarkon River, Israel55 km NWAllied victory
19 September 1918Battle of TulkarmPalestine33 km NEBritish Empire victory
19 September 1918Battle of TabsorTabsur, Israel19 km SWEntente victory
26 September 1918Capture of DamascusDamascus, Syria198 km NEAllied victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, James McBey, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.