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=== Attackers ===
General [[Erich von Falkenhayn]], thesom Commanderhavde ofkommandoen theover [[Yildirim Army Grouparmegruppen]], plannedplanlagde aet twototrins phaseangreb, attacksom beginningskulle withbegynde amed reconnaissanceen instorstilet forcerekognoscering fromfra Beersheba onden 27. Octoberoktober. ThisDen wasskulle tofølges beop followedmed byet anangreb attackom onmorgenen the morning ofden 31. Octoberoktober 1917,med by8. the [[Eighth Army (Ottoman Empire)|Eighth Army]]armé fromfra Hareira.<ref name="Falls43"/>
TheDen reconnaissancestorstilede inrekognoscering forceblev wasudført made byaf 3,.000 Ottomanmand infantryosmannisk infanteri, 1,.200 cavalry,kavaleri andog twelve12 gunskanoner, whichsom advancedrykkede from thefra Kauwukah defences in frontstillingerne offoran Tel el Sheria, to attackfor theat EEFangribe outpostekspeditionsstyrkens lineforpostlinje.<ref name="Massey29" /> TheseDisse troopstropper werevar organisedorganiseret ini sixseks infantry battalionsinfanteribataljoner, twoto cavalrykavalerieskadroner squadronsog and two artilleryto batteriesartilleribatterier.<ref>Powles 1922 p. 132</ref> TheyDe werevar thefra 125th125. Infantryregiment Regimenti (16th16. Division)division fromfra Tel esh Sheria andog troopstropper offra the3. 3rdkavaleridivision Cavalry Division fromi Beersheba,<ref name="Falls43">Falls 1930 Vol. 2 p. 43</ref> commandedsom byvar under kommando af [[İsmet İnönü|İsmet]] [[Bey]] andog includedomfattede anet infantryinfanteriregiment regimentfra from27. thedivision 27thog Division and the 125th Field Artillery125. Batteryfeltartilleribatteri.<ref>Hüseyin Hüsnü 1922, pp. 105–6</ref>{{dubious|the3. linkkavaleridivision ishavde tokæmpet pagei 102 of the Yildirim document|date=May 2013}} Armed with [[lances]]Kaukasus, thebevæbnet 3rdmed Cavalry Divisionlanser, hadinden servedden inblev theoverført [[Caucasus campaign]] before transferring totil PalestinePalæstina.<ref>Falls 1930 Vol. 1 p. 277</ref>
=== Defenders ===
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