The chief of staff for the Ottoman Fourth Army was the Bavarian Colonel Kress von Kressenstein, who organised the attack and arranged supplies for the army as it crossed the desert.
Stabschefen for den 4. osmanniske armé var den bayerske oberst Kress von Kressenstein, som tilrettelagde angrebet og sørgede for at få forsyninger til hæren mens den krydsede ørkenen.