By 5 February the water pipeline from the Egyptian Sweet Water Canal, which carried water from the Nile, had reached El Arish, while the railway line was being laid well to the east of that place.
Den 5. februar var vandledningen fra den egyptiske ferskvandskanal, som indeholdt vand fra Nilen, nået til al-Arish, mens jernbanen var nået et godt stykke øst for byen.