The loss of Beersheba on 31 October stunned the Yildirim Army Group commander and staff.Erickson 2001 p. 172 The Beersheba garrison withdrew to the Ottoman defences around Tel es Sheria and northwards to Tel el Khuweilfe, to the north of Beersheba, and about the same distance east of Sheria, to hold a line stretching from west of the road from Beersheba to Jerusalem. All available reserve units would soon be deployed in the Kuweilfeh area.Dalbiac 1927 p. 125Falls 1930 Vol. 2 p. 108Wavell 1968 pp. 131–2Massey 1919 p. 39 Here, the Ottoman defenders were able to establish new defences, and the 19th Division was sent from the XXII Corps defending Gaza to reinforce them.This new defensive line was at Ebuhof. [Erickson 2007 pp. 120–1]
