Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 1914, 7th (Meerut) Division bụ akụkụ nke Indian Expeditionary Force A zigara iji wusie ike British Expeditionary Force (BEF) na-alụ ọgụ na France. Akụkụ ahụ mejupụtara ngalaba ndị agha dị ka akụkụ nke ndị agha India, ebe ndị Meerut Cavalry Brigade nọpụrụ iche ka ha bụrụ akụkụ nke 2nd Indian Cavalry Division na ndị agha ndị India. Mgbe ha nọ na France, a maara nkewa ahụ dị ka Meerut Division, na ndị agha ya site na aha ha, iji zere ọgba aghara na 7th British Division. A na-egbu oge izipu ozi si India site na ọrụ nke ndị German na-awakpo "Emden" na "Konigsberg" na-arụ ọrụ na Oke Osimiri India, na site na nwayọ nwayọ nke ụgbọ njem. Ngalaba ahụ rutere Marseilles na 12-14 Ọktoba 1914, mana enwere oge ọzọ ebe ndị agha na-ejigharị egbe egbe kachasị ọhụrụ, na ụgbọ oloko ọkọnọ nwere ike imezi, na-eji vans nke ndị ahịa zụtara n'ógbè ahụ. Ngalaba ahụ mechara rụọ ọrụ n'agha ndị a lụrụ na
La Bassee, 1st Messines na Armentieres n'ọnwa Ọktoba na Nọvemba 1914.