Their artillery and machine guns were well placed in the palms fringing the eastern side of a great flat marsh, which stretched right across the front of their position, giving them an excellent field of fire.
Deres artilleri og maskingeværer var godt placeret blandt palmerne som omgav den østlige side af en stor flad marsk, som strakte sig lige foran fronten på deres stillinger, hvilket gav dem et fremragende skudfelt.