Capture of Salkhad

Battle of Salkhad
	Part of The Great Syrian Revolt
Date	19–20 July 1925
Location	Salkhad, Jabal al-Arab, Syria
Result	Druze victory
Belligerents
France Army of the Levant;	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. 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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