Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei: O le Ottoman 1st Expeditionary Force na tofia i le Chief of Intelligence o le Ottoman General Headquarters, Staff Lieutenant Colonel Kâzim Karabekir Bey. O le 5th Expeditionary Force na tofia i le Staff Lieutenant Colonel Halil Bey, o ia o le tuagane o Enver Pasha ma o le a faatoilaloina le Peretania i
Kut al Amara i le aso 29 Aperila 1916.