Townshend was encouraged in his optimism as he had seriously underestimated the Ottoman numbers, believing he was faced with less than 10,000 Ottomans when he in fact he was going up against more than 20,000.
شُجِّع تاونسند في تفاؤله لأنه قلل بشكل خطير من أعداد العثمانيين، معتقدين أنه كان يواجه أقل من 10،000 عثماني عندما كان في الواقع يصعد ضد أكثر من 20،000 شخص.