Defending Amman on 27 March the garrison consisted of 2,150 rifles, 70 machine guns and ten guns, and in the three days to 30 March, 2,000 reinforcements arrived with many more to follow.
Defending Amman on 27 March the Ottoman and German garrison consisted of 2,150 rifles, 70 machine guns and ten guns. Jemal Kuchuk, commander of the Fourth Army, arrived in Amman on 28 March and up to 30 March, approximately 2,000 reinforcements arrived with more to follow.