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15- General Otto Liman von Sanders took over command of the Ottoman Army in Palestine from von Falkenhayn on 1 March 1918.{{sfn|Carver|2003|p=225}} On arrival it was apparent to him that the Ottoman front line was particularly weak west on the Jordan and he took immediate action to strengthen both flanks by a redistribution of his forces.{{sfn|Bruce|2002|p=208-209}}
 
14- In May 1918, during the lull in fighting after the two Transjordan attacks, from his headquarters at Nazareth, Liman took the opportunity to reorganise the Ottoman army forces in Palestine.<ref group="Nota">La reorganització que descriu Bruce no havia canviat des de la [[batalla de Mughar Ridge]]. El 7è i el 8è Exèrcit encara mantenien una línia defensiva a l'oest del [[riu Jordà|Jordà]], mentre que el 4t Exèrcit romania a l'est del Jordà.</ref>{{sfn| [Bruce| 2002|p=, pp. 209-210}}]</ref> The Eighth Army, which was headquartered at Tul Keram under the command of Djevad Pasha (Kress von Kressenstein's successor), consisted of the XXII Corps (7th, 20th and 46th Divisions) and the Asiatic Corps (16th and 19th Divisions, 701st, 702nd and 703rd German Battalions). This army held a line running eastwards from the Mediterranean shore for about 20 km into the hills at Furkhah. [[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk|Mustafa Kemal Pasha]]'s (Fevzi's successor) [[Seventh Army (Ottoman Empire)|Seventh Army]], whose headquarters were at Nablus, consisted of the [[III Corps (Ottoman Empire)|III Corps]] (1st and 11th Divisions) and XXIII Corps (26th and 53rd Divisions), and held the rest of the Ottoman line eastwards from Furkhah to the River Jordan; this represented a front of about 20 km, with its main strength on both sides of the Jerusalem to Nablus road.{{sfn|Bruce|2002|p=209-210}}
 
13- While holding the front line on the Jordan River the 48th Infantry Division continued training, conducting courses on battle tactics, machine guns, hand grenades, and flame throwers. When the 37th Infantry Division arrived from the Caucasus, the division's troops undertook a two-week course on the use of stick grenades near Nablus.{{sfn|Erickson|2001|p=133}}