Now 35 miles (56 km) from the railhead at Deir el Belah, Allenby's troops did not have a line of defensive entrenchments behind which they could stop a concerted push by these two Ottoman armies.
A 56 quilómetros da cabeza de carril en Deir al-Balah, as tropas de Allenby non tiñan unha liña de trincheiras defensivas detrás da cal puideran deter un esforzo concertado dos dous exércitos otománs.