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Linje 462: =====El Buqqar den 19.-20. juli===== [[Fil:DCawm4-1-64-7Ap6skM.jpeg\|thumb\|Skitse af de osmanniske stillinger den 19. juli 1917]] Desert Column received a report from Anzac Mounted Division, at 06:50 on 19 July, that Ottoman artillery shells were being fired on the railhead of the railway to Karm, at Goz Geleib.<ref group="Note">In mid-September the railway line to Karm was under construction. [Cutlack 1941 p. 75]</ref> The day patrols went out but mist obscured the situation, and a report at 08:20 described Ottoman force occupying El Buqqar, with four light guns near Im Siri. The 2nd Light Horse Brigade was ordered to "clear up the situation towards Im Siri," and the 1st Light Horse Brigade was ordered forward, while the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade stood ready to move. It was confirmed, at 10:10, that about two regiments of Ottoman cavalry and some infantry held the El Girheir to Khasif to El Buqqar line, covered by guns at Imleih, which were in action. The Anzac Mounted Division headquarters, and the New Zealanders in reserve, moved forward to Gos el Basal, and at 10:15 the Australian Mounted Division in the Abasan el Kebir area was ordered forward. By 11:00 the Yeomanry Mounted Division at Tel el Marakeb and the Imperial Camel Corps Brigade had also been ordered to be ready to move at short notice.<ref>Desert Column War Diary July 1917 AWM4-1-64-7 Appendix 6 p. 1</ref> Ørkenkolonnen fik den 19. juli kl. 6.50 en meddelelse fra den beredne Anzac division om at osmanniske artillerigranater blev affyret mod jernbanen ved enden af jernbanen til Karm ved Goz Geleib.<ref group="Note">I medten af september var jernbanen til Karm under bygning. [Cutlack 1941 p. 75]</ref> Dagspatruljerne tog afsted, men dis gjorde situationen uklar og en rapport kl. 8.20 angav at en osmmanisk styrke havde besat El Buqqar med fire kanoner nær Im Siri. 2. lette beredne brigade blev beordret til at "rykke op i situationen i retning af Im Siri," og 1. lette beredne brigade blev beordret fre, mens den beredne newzealandske riffelbrigade stod klar til afgang. Det blev kl. 10.10 at omkring to regimenter kavaleri og noget infanteri holdt linjen fra El Girheir til Khasif og videre til El Buqqar, dækket af kanoner ved Imleih, som var i indsats. Den beredne Anzac divisions hovedkvarter, med newzealænderne i reserve, rykke frem til Gos el Basal, og kl. 10.15 blev den beredne australske division i Abasan el Kebir området beordret frem. Kl. 11 var den beredne Yeomanry division ved Tel el Marakeb og imperie kamelkorps brigaden blev beordret til at være klar til at rykke ud med kort varsel.<ref>Desert Column War Diary July 1917 AWM4-1-64-7 Appendix 6 p. 1</ref> Aerial reconnaissance by the EEF reported, at 11:30, one Ottoman brigade holding a position stretching from the north of Um Siri to the south of El Buqqar, another force of about two regiments at Harari, and a third regiment at the well near Sufi. Meanwhile, Ottoman artillery was continuing to cover their line, firing at targets to the east of Karm. Elsewhere, the 1st Light Horse Brigade at Goz Lakhleilat was in touch with the right of the 2nd Light Horse Brigade. At 14:20 the Australian Mounted Division at El Melek, was ordered to advance and turn the Ottoman force's left flank, while the Anzac Mounted Division continued to face the Ottoman force holding their line. By 17:30 the Ottoman force had moved back towards Beersheba, and was still holding a very strong position near Taweil el Habari, about a third of the way between Buqqar and Beersheba on the Tel el Fara to Beersheba track, when the Yeomanry Mounted Division (with the 5th Mounted Brigade attached) was ordered to bivouac near Fukhari. The Imperial Camel Corps Brigade moved to near El Garbi, and the 53rd (Welsh) Division was ordered to move a reserve infantry brigade at El Sha'uth, to take up a position stretching from Jezariye to Um Ajua to El Rueibia.<ref>Desert Column War Diary AWM4-1-64-7 July 1917 Appendix 6 p. 2</ref> Espeditionsstyrkens luftrekognoscering rapporterede kl. 11.30, at en osmannisk brigade holdt en stilling, som strakte sig nordpå fra Um Siri til syd for El Buqqar, en anden styrke på omkring to regimenter ved Harari, og et tredje regiment ved brønden nær Sufi. I mellemtiden fortsatte osmannisk artilleri med at dække deres linje og beskød mål øst for Karm. Andetsted var 1. lette beredne brigade ved Goz Lakhleilat i forbindelse med højre side af 2. lette beredne brigade. Kl. blev den beredne australske division ved El Melek beordret til at rykke frem og omgå den osmanniske styrkes venstre flanke mens den beredne Anzac division fortsatte med at stå overfor den osmanniske styrke, der holdt sin linje. Kl. 17.30 var den osmanniske styrke rykket tilbage mod Beersheba, og holdt stadig en meget stærk stilling nær Taweil el Habari, omkring en tredjedel af vejen mellem Buqqar og Beersheba på stien mellem Tel el Fara og Beersheba, da den beredne Yeomanry division (med 5. beredne brigade tilknyttet) blev beordret til at bivuakere nær Fukhari. Imperie kamelkorps brigaden rykke til nær El Garbi, og 53. division fik ordre til at rykke en reserve infanteribrigade til El Sha'uth, for at gå i stilling mellem Jezariye, Um Ajua og El Rueibia.<ref>Desert Column War Diary AWM4-1-64-7 July 1917 Appendix 6 p. 2</ref> [[Fil:DCawm4-1-64-7Ap6sk.jpeg\|thumb\|Skitse af osmanniske kanonstillinger rettet mod vest]]

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