Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An fara yakin basasa a lokacin rani, yayin da aka sake tsara EEF a karkashin sabon umurni kuma an gudanar da horo mai zurfi a bayan layin. A ranar 20 ga Oktoba, 158th Bde ya koma yankin taro don sabon hare-haren.
Yaƙin Gaza na Uku), ya mamaye layin gaba kuma ya bincika ƙasar da za su kai hari. A ranar 25 ga watan Oktoba, brigade ya shiga cikin No Man's Land kuma ya kafa wani layi. A ranar 27 ga Oktoba, sashen ya ci gaba da daukar nauyin tuddai da Yeomanry na 8th Mounted Brigade ya dauka, wanda 1/5th RWF ke rufewa. Daga baya aka aika da bataliya tare da batirin bindigogi na filin don mamaye Hill 630 a hagu. Lokacin da rundunar bataliya ta kasance ba ta da yawa daga cikin sansanin Yeomanry a kan tudun da aka mamaye ta hanyar harin Turkiyya. Daga nan sai Turkawa suka sami cikakkiyar kallo a kan filayen inda 1/5th RWF ke motsawa, sannan sauran 158th Bde sannan 160th Bde, kuma suka fara harbe-harben sojojin. Da zarar an sake shirya sashen don kai hari, Turks sun ɓace kuma an sake ɗaukar layin tuddai. Babban harin, wani motsi na juyawa (Yakin Biyer-sheba), ya fara ne a ranar 31 ga Oktoba; Rukunin 53 (W) a gefen hagu ba shi da hannu sosai, kodayake wani ɓangare na 158th Bde a cikin 'Rukunin Smith' ya yi zanga-zanga tare da 1/5th RWF suna ci gaba don ci gaba da hulɗa da sojojin da ke kai hari zuwa dama. Rundunar ta yi amfani da makami mai linzami mai nisa, kuma ta ƙare ranar a kan aikin tsaro.