battle, interwar and Second World War

Attack on Hodeidah

Name: Attack on Hodeidah
Location: Al Hudaydah, Yemen

Attack on Hodeidah was a battle fought in 1919 at Al Hudaydah, in what is now Yemen. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Al Hudaydah. The recorded result: Attack success; British suffered heavy losses and the city was looted. Recorded strength: Unknown against 250–300.

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Fought1919

WhereAl Hudaydah, Yemen14.802N, 42.951E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeAttack success; British suffered heavy losses and the city was looted

BelligerentsBritish EmpireagainstEmirate of Asir

Casualties and losses18 killed; 11 woundedand20 killed

Record

Date	1919 (year precision)
Place	Al Hudaydah, Yemen 14.802N, 42.951E
Kind	Battle, interwar and Second World War
Strength	Unknown	250–300
Casualties and losses	18 killed; 11 wounded	20 killed

Placed at Al Hudaydah; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Sanaa AD 570, 147 km NE
Siege of Sanaa 1967, 147 km NE
Battle of Zafar AD 632, 170 km SE
Capture of Aden 1548, 316 km SE
Siege of Aden 1513, 319 km SE

Elsewhere in 1919

Scuttling of the German Fleet in Scapa Flow United Kingdom
Battle of Cēsis Latvia
Greek landing at Smyrna Turkey
Battle of Paju Estonia
1919 Soviet invasion of Ukraine Ukraine

Attack on Hodeidah is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 20 in present-day Yemen.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q141450432, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Attack on Hodeidah (1919), revision 1380601081, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.