According to an account by the Ottoman General Staff, by 2:00 p.m. "all telephone wires were cut, all communications with the forts were interrupted, some of the guns had been knocked out ... in consequence the artillery fire of the defence had slackened considerably".
Conform unei relatări a statului major otoman, la 2:00 p.m. „toate firele de telefon au fost tăiate, toate comunicațiile cu cetățile au fost întrerupte, unele dintre tunuri fuseseră scoase din luptă ... în consecință tirul de artilerie al defensivei a slăbit considerabil”.