Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A ranar 18 ga Janairu 1916 13th (W) Division ya fara shiga Masar kuma a ƙarshen watan ya tattara a Port Said. Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Younghusband, DSO, an daukaka shi daga mai taimakawa na 1/5th Bn Bedfordshire Regiment zuwa umurnin 7th Gloucesters a ranar 24 ga Janairu. Rukunin ya ɗauki matsayi a cikin tsaron Canal na Suez, amma a ranar 8 ga Fabrairu an umurce shi zuwa gaban Mesopotamian. Bayar da mukamai a ranar 12 ga Fabrairu sojojin farko sun tafi ta jirgin kasa zuwa Suez inda suka shiga SS "Simla" zuwa Basra, suna isa ranar 27 ga Fabrairu. A nan akwai cutar zazzabi a cikin 7th Gloucesters kuma an bar battalion a baya lokacin da sauran rukunin suka tashi Tigris a watan Maris. Saboda haka ya rasa jerin farko na ƙoƙari don sauƙaƙe garuruwan da aka kewaye da su na
Kut Al Amara, kawai yana tafiya zuwa Tigris ta hanyar jirgin ruwa don sake komawa sashen a ranar 18 ga Afrilu don sake kai hari.