For troops inexperienced at movement in the desert, that order was not going to be easy to execute, and b) two infantry divisions, a mounted division and a mounted brigade were being sent into an attack on confusing terrain without anyone close at hand to co–ordinate their actions and control the planned counterattack.
For tropper, som ikke havde erfaring i bevægelser i ørkenen, ville denne ordre ikke blive nem at gennemføre, og b) to infanteridivisioner, en bereden division og en bereden brigade blev sendt frem i et angreb i forvirrende terræn uden nogen i nærheden til at koordinere deres handlinger og styre det planlagte modangreb.