Schematic plans · Arab-Israeli War, 1973 (October War)
Valley of Tears
- 6 October – 11 October 1973
- 7 recorded engagements
The CAA Database of Battles records this battle not as one action but as 7 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
6 Oct7 Oct8 Oct9 Oct10 Oct11 Oct12 Oct
Bars in the attacker's colour:SyriaIsrael
Losses in these engagements
- Syria
- 5,350 lostin 7 engagements
- Israel
- 2,150 lostin 7 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. | Kuneitra | 6 Oct – 8 Oct | Syr 9th Inf Div(+)17,750 men | Is 7th Armd Bde(-)(+)3,630 men | 350 / 200 | Draw |
| 2. | Ahmadiyeh | 6 Oct – 8 Oct | Syr 7th Inf Div(+)22,750 men | Is 7th Armd Bde(-)(+)5,745 men | 700 / 250 | Israel won |
| 3. | Rafid | 6 Oct – 7 Oct | Syr 5th Inf Div(+)19,525 men | Is 188th Armd Bde(-)(+)4,958 men | 350 / 250 | Syria won |
| 4. | Yehuda-El Al | 7 Oct – 9 Oct | Syr 5th Inf Div(+)21,984 men | Is 240th Armd Div6,300 men | 500 / 150 | Israel won |
| 5. | Tel Farris | 8 Oct – 11 Oct | Is 146th Armd Div(+)17,833 men | Syr 5th Inf Div(+)23,750 men | 450 / 1,125 | Israel won |
| 6. | Mount Hermonit | 8 Oct – 10 Oct | Syr 7th Inf Div(+)31,650 men | Is 7th Armd Bde(+)5,395 men | 1,200 / 400 | Israel won |
| 7. | Hushniyah | 8 Oct – 10 Oct | Is 240th Armd Div(-)(+)12,733 men | Syr 9th Inf Div(-)(+)14,683 men | 450 / 1,125 | 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.