Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ebe ọdịda anyanwụ bụ ebe dị iche na nke ndị agha ahụ na-emebu na mpaghara ala na ha, dịka ndị agha ndị ọzọ nke ndị agha India, tara ahụhụ nke ukwuu n'oge ọnwa oyi. N'ihi ya, na Disemba 1915, e kpebiri na a ga-ewepụ ndị agha ndị India na France ma ziga ha n'ọgbọ agha ndị ọzọ. N'ihi nke a, e zigara 1st Battalion, ya na ndị ọzọ nke 3rd Division, na Mesopotamia iji sonye na mkpọsa megide ndị Ottoman nke malitere na 1914. E nyere Sirhind Brigade aha ọnụọgụ, Brigade nke 8. N'afọ 1916, ndị 1st Gurkhas sonyere n'ọtụtụ mgbalị, gụnyere mwakpo nke Dujaila Redoubt na Machị, iji belata
Kut-al-Amara, nke ndị Ottoman nọchibidoro kemgbe 7 Disemba 1915. Agbanyeghị, mgbalị ndị ahụ kụrụ afọ n'ala, Kut nọgidekwara n'okpuru nnọchibido ruo mgbe ọ nyefere ndị Ottoman na 29 Eprel 1916.