Constant patrolling during the "blazing heat of August," including numerous mounted reconnaissances by Allenby, Chauvel, and Chetwode, were described by General Ludendorff in his memoir: "At the end of August large masses of English cavalry advanced on Beersheba so as to work round the left flank of the Gaza front and reach the water supply of Jerusalem.
Konstant patruljering under den "gloende hede i august", inklusiv talrige beredne rekognosceringer af Allenby, Chauvel og Chetwode, blev beskrevet af General Ludendorff i sine erindringer: "I slutningen af august rykkede store mængder engelsk kavaleri frem mod Beersheba for at komme rundt om den venstre flanke af Gaza fronten og nå vandforsyningen til Jerusalem.