This would pin the Turks against the river, as there was no bridge at Ramadi. The Turks had assumed that the British would repeat the tactics they used in July and organised their defences accordingly to cover an arc running from the east to the south of the town.
The Turks would find themselves constrained by the river near Ramadi, assuming that the British would repeat their July strategies. They fortified their positions to defend an arc extending from the east to the south of the town.