replenishes ammunition.  On Zxl day 6-inch monitors will discontinue their bombardment which they will reopen on Zx2 day.  From Zxl day the French battleship Requin and H.M.S. Raglan will bombard Deir Sineid station and junction for Huj, the roads and railway bridges and camps on the wadi Hesi and the neighbourhood.  The Requin and Raglan will be assisted by a seaplane carrier.

  From Zero day one 92 monitor will be available from
  dawn, special objective Sheikh Redwan.

From Z—­1 day inclusive demands for naval co-operation will be conveyed direct from G.O.C.  XXIst Corps to the Senior Naval Officer, Marine View, who will arrange for the transmission of the demands so made.

XXth Corps will move into position during the night of Z-l=Zero day so as to attack the enemy at Beersheba on Zero day south of the wadi Saba with two divisions while covering his flank and the construction of the railway east of Shellal with one division on the high ground overlooking the wadis El Sufi and Hanafish.  The objective of XXth Corps will be the enemy’s works west and south-west of Beersheba as far as the Khalasa-Beersheba road inclusive.

Desert Mounted Corps will move on the night of Z-1=Zero day from the area of concentration about Khalasa and Asluj so as to co-operate with XXth Corps by attacking Beersheba with two divisions and one mounted brigade.  The objective of Desert Mounted Corps will be the enemy’s defences from south-east to the north-east of Beersheba and the town of Beersheba itself.

The G.O.C.  Desert Mounted Corps will endeavour to turn the enemy’s left with a view to breaking down his resistance at Beersheba as quickly as possible.  With this in view the main weight of his force will be directed against Beersheba from the east and north-east.  As soon as the enemy’s resistance shows signs of weakening the G.O.C.  Desert Mounted Corps will be prepared to act with the utmost vigour against his retreating troops so as to prevent their escape, or at least to drive them well beyond the high ground immediately overlooking the town from the north.  He will also be prepared to push troops rapidly into Beersheba in order to protect from danger any wells and plant connected with the water supply not damaged by the enemy before Beersheba is entered.

The Yeomanry Mounted Division will pass from the command of the G.O.C.  XXth Corps at five on Zero day and will come directly under General Headquarters as part of the general reserve in the hands of the Commander-in-Chief.

When Beersheba has been taken the G.O.C.  XXth Corps will push forward covering troops to the high ground north of the town to protect it from any counter movement on the part of the enemy.  He will also put in hand the restoration of the water supply in Beersheba.  The G.O.C.  Desert Mounted Corps will be responsible for the protection