Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: 1st Manchesters yakatanga kurwisa Mesopotamia, ichiperekedza nhengo dzevarwi veIndia Corps, kubva kuFrance mukupera kwa1915. Bhatani racho rakatora chikamu muHondo yeDujaila muna Kurume 1916, iyo yaive nechinangwa chekubvisa mauto eBritish mu
Kut-al-Amara, iyo yakanga ichikombwa nemauto eOttoman. Muhondo iyi, maManchesters ekutanga akatora matangi eDujaila Redoubt ne59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force); zvisinei, ivo vakazotamiswa nekurwisa kweOttoman, vachimanikidzwa kudzokera kunzvimbo yavo yekutanga. Mukati mokubva, Murwi Stringer akabata nzvimbo yake ari oga, achidzivirira rutivi rwebato rake. Akapiwa Victoria Cross. Mauto eBritain neIndia akarasikirwa navanhu 4 000. Pashure pokuedza kusunungura taundi kashanu kwakakundikana, Kut akazvipa kumasimba eOttoman musi wa 29 April 1916. 1st Manchesters yaizotora chikamu mune mamwe mabasa muMesopotamia, asi muna Kurume 1918 battalion yakatamira kuEgypt.