Chetwode's XX Corps (with the Imperial Camel Corps Brigade attached) and Chauvel's Desert Mounted Corps (less the Yeomanry Mounted Division at Shellal), would make the main attack on Beersheba, while Bulfin's XXI Corps held the Gaza sector entrenchments and the front line to the Mediterranean coast.
Chetwodes 20. korps (med kamelkorpset tilknyttet) og Chauvels beredne Ørkenkorps (uden den beredne Yeomanry division ved Shellal), skulle udføre hovedangrebet på Beersheba, mens Bulfins 21. holdt befæstningerne i Gaza sektoren og frontlinjen til Middelhavet.