Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of Philip Chetwode

Battles of Philip Chetwode

1st Baron Chetwode, British Army general (1869–1950)

Philip Chetwode is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1917 and 1918: 8 battles across 3 present-day countries, most in Israel (4), Palestine (2), Jordan (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 271 km apart end to end, 39 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Middle Eastern theater of World War I (6), World War I (2).

Battle of El Buggar RidgeBattle of Mughar RidgeFirst Transjordan attack on AmmanBattle of RafaFirst Battle of GazaBattle of BeershebaBattle of JerusalemFirst Battle of AmmanBattle of RafaFirst Battle of GazaBattle of BeershebaBattle of JerusalemFirst Battle of AmmanTel AvivBur SaidHaifaIsmaïliaNablusEl ArishNazarethAs SuwaydaAz ZarqaIrbid200 km31.572N, 35.087E
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1917: 6 engagements6 in 19171918: 2 engagements19171918
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Rafa, 1917First Battle of Gaza, 1917Battle of El Buggar Ridge, 1917Battle of Beersheba, 1917Battle of Mughar Ridge, 1917Battle of Jerusalem, 1917First Battle of Amman, 1918First Transjordan attack on Amman, 191819171918
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
9 January 1917Battle of RafaSinai Peninsula, PalestineBritish victory
26 March 1917First Battle of GazaGaza City, Palestine34 km NECentral Powers victory
27 October 1917Battle of El Buggar RidgeIsrael32 km SBritish victory
31 October 1917Battle of BeershebaBeersheba, Israel26 km EAllied victory
13 November 1917Battle of Mughar RidgeIsrael65 km NBritish Empire victory
17 November 1917Battle of JerusalemJerusalem, Israel43 km EAllied victoryEnd of the Ottoman rule in Jerusalem and...
27 March 1918First Battle of AmmanAmman, Jordan70 km EOttoman-German victory
2 April 1918First Transjordan attack on AmmanJordan1 km SWOttoman-German 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, War Office, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.