Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein Djevad Pasha Ottoman Army Erich von Falkenhayn Otto Liman von Sanders
About this time, Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein was relieved of his duties as the Eighth Army's commander, replaced by Djevad Pasha, and a few months later the commander of the Ottoman Army in Palestine, Erich von Falkenhayn, was replaced by Otto Liman von Sanders.