The Ottoman army led by Hussein Pasha, and he was stationed In impregnable positions, it took its positions on the peaks of the Bailan Mountain, adding that the Egyptian army led by Ibrahim Pasha was in the confrontation, and camped in the flat plain under the Bailan Strait, and took infantry.

The infantry, consisting of five hordes, gathered on a plateau, the right end of which reached a rugged road that crossed the Amanus Mountains, coming from Khan Qarmut to Belen, and its left end, consisting of 14 infantry horts, reached the middle road from Antioch to Belen.

The Egyptian army camped in the flat plain, under the Strait of Belen, west of the road connecting Kilis and Antioch.

Ibrahim Pasha discovered the Ottoman positions on Mount Belen, and found them impregnable, making it difficult for his forces to gain victory from them.

The Council's decision ends with adopting the attack plan, the next day , and making a bypass movement around the Ottoman left flank, in preparation for surrounding it, then occupying some of the heights controlling the heart.