The difficulty of supporting such a force of camels from bases on the western side of the Suez Canal was recognised when the decision was made that "the obvious line of actual defence of the eastern frontier of Egypt is the Suez Canal."
Vanskelighederne ved at holde en sådan kamelstyrke forsynet fra baser vest for Suez-kanalen blev erkendt, da det blev besluttet at den "oplagte" forsvarslinje i det østlige Egypten var kanalen."