 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Kubva musi wa10 Mbudzi 53rd W Chikamu chakaramba chiri munharaunda, kuitira kuti isaremerwe nemitsetse yekugovera yezvikamu zvinofambira mberi zveEEF. Haana kufambira mberi zvakare kusvikira kutanga kwaDecember, uye kunyange ipapo zvinogoverwa zvishoma zvaireva kuti 158th Bde yakasiiwa paBheeri-shebha. Harina kuendeswa mberi kutozosvikira pana 21 December, panguva iyo Hondo yeJerusaremarakanga rapera. PaKisimusi 158th Bde yakasunungura 159th Bde, mumutsara unofukidza Jerusarema, ne 16th RWF kurudyi rwebhiriji. Pakupera kwaZvita 26 maTurkey akatanga kurwisa kukuru nechinangwa chekutorazve Jerusarema, uye kurwa kwakapararira kuenda ku53rd W Chikamu pamberi paZvita 27, kunyangwe hazvo 158th Bde yakanga isingabatanidzwe, ichinyanya kutsigira 160th Bde parutivi rwayo. Kurwisa kwakanga kusina kusimba kwaiitwa ne16th RWF kwakadzorwa nyore nyore pakupera kwezuva iro brigade yakanga yatorazve musha wakanga watorwa. Sezvo kurwiswa kweTurkey kwakapera, divi rakapfuurira kurwisa pacharo, 158th Bde ichirwisa misha nenzvimbo dzakakwirira kumberi kwayo, 16th RWF inotungamirwa naCaptain Emrys Evans kutora Grey Hill. Boka racho rakatora imwe nzvimbo musi wa 28 December. 53rd W Division yakaramba iri mumutsara wayo mukati memamiriro ekunze akaipa aNdira 1918, ne158th Bde ichipa mapoka ekushanda kugadzirisa migwagwa yeEF inotevera yekufambira mberi, yakanangana neJeriko. Izvi zvakatanga musi wa14 Kukadzi, zvichitsigirwa ne53rd W Division, uye guta rakapambwa musi wa22 Kukadzi. 