Schematic plans · Arab-Israeli War, 1973 (October War)
Battle of the Chinese Farm
- 15 October – 18 October 1973
- 3 recorded engagements
The CAA Database of Battles records this battle not as one action but as 3 engagements, each between particular divisions or brigades over a few days. Each has its own schematic replay. Together they cover only the forces listed here, which may be a part of those that fought, so the totals below are for these engagements, not for the battle.
The engagements in time
Bars in the attacker's colour:IsraelEgypt
Losses in these engagements
- Israel
- 1,350 lostin 3 engagements
- Egypt
- 3,700 lostin 3 engagements
Strengths are not added up: the same divisions fight engagement after engagement, so a sum would count the same men many times.
The engagements
| No. | Engagement | Dates | Attacker | Defender | Losses | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Deversoir (Chinese Farm I) | 15 Oct – 16 Oct | Is Sharon Div22,790 men | Eg 16th Div(1/2) & 21st Div(1/2)30,970 men | 100 / 500 | Israel won |
| 2. | Deversoir (Chinese Farm II) | 16 Oct – 17 Oct | Is Adan Div(+)28,900 men | Eg 16th Div(-)(+)36,840 men | 950 / 2,400 | Israel won |
| 3. | Deversoir West | 18 Oct – 18 Oct | Is Adan Div(+)19,600 men | Eg 2nd Army(-)18,180 men | 300 / 800 | Israel won |
CDB90 (US Army Concepts Analysis Agency, 1990), tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold; data under ODC-BY 1.0. Records are grouped by the Wikipedia article the edition links them to.