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Es Salt Raid

Raid
Es Salt, a village in Palestine 23 km west of Amman, was the scene of heavy fighting between 30 April and 3 May 1918. The fighting occurred as part of the second "raid" mounted east of the Jordan Rive...
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Jordan (Es Salt)

Battle honours
Acknowledges involvement in actions around Es Salt during the 1918 raids across the Jordan River: the Amman Raid (24-25 March 1918), and the Es Salt Raid (30 April-4 May 1918).
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