The fighting and the siege continued until the time sent by Muhammad Ali Pasha, led by Tabuzoglu, came, and the war situation changed substantially. Tabuzoglu's force was composed of two divisions, the first was infantry led by Tabuzoglu himself on the eastern mainland of the Nile, and the other was cavalry led by Hassan Pasha on the western mainland, and the two divisions were moving on the road of the two beaches, when they came close to Rashid, the forces of Hassan Pasha on the western mainland was facing Al-Hammad, and the other was camped in Barnbal in the eastern beach. The soldiers of the two divisions were able to see each other.