 On 12 November Allenby made preparations for battle the following day . He ordered an attack by the 52nd ( Lowland ) Division to extend their position across the Nahr Sukereir on the Turkish Army 's right flank . Reinforced with two additional brigades , he ordered the Australian Mounted Division to advance towards Tel es Safi where they encountered a determined and substantial Turkish counterattack . This counterattack forced the mounted division to concede the territory gained during the day , before fighting the Turkish Army to a standstill in front of Summeil . On the morning after the battle at Mughar Ridge , Junction Station was occupied and during the following days other villages in the area were found to have been abandoned . Later in the morning of 14 November New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade ran into a determined and well entrenched Turkish rearguard near Ayun Kara , which they attacked . Fierce close quarter fighting against the Turkish 3rd Infantry Division continued during the afternoon . Although severely threatened , the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Brigade eventually prevailed and went on to occupy Jaffa two days later . 
