Any attack on the Suez Canal would require artillery and a bridging train to be dragged across the desert.Falls 1930 Vol. 1 p. 23 Two Ottoman divisions plus one more in reserve, with camel and horse units, were ready to depart in mid-January. The advance across the Sinai took ten days, tracked by British aircraft, even though German aircraft stationed in Palestine in turn aided the Ottomans and later flew some bombing missions in support of the main attack.First World War – Willmott, H.P. Dorling Kindersley, 2003, Page 87 Kress von Kressenstein's force moved south by rail, continuing on foot via el Auja carrying iron pontoons for crossing and attacking the Suez Canal at Serapeum and Tussum.Duguid 1919, p. 2
