Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - VaTurkey vakakomberedzwa uye vakakombwa
Mauto eBritish Empire aGeneral Charles Townshend ayo akatora Kut. Rwizi rweGharraf rwakasarudzwa neOttoman Army senzvimbo inobatsira sechikamu chekukomba ikoko. Munguva yekukombwa, maOttoman akarwisa kuedza kweAnglo-Indian mauto muhondo yeHanna muna Ndira 1916 uye Hondo yeDujaila munaKurume. Chimwe chezvikonzero chakaita kuti vaBritain vasarudze kudzivirira Kut chaiva chokuti mugero wacho waionekwa senzira yaigona kushandiswa nevaTurkey kana kuti Anglo-Indian Force kutakura mauto pakati peTigris neEuphrates uye zvinopesana. Pakazosvika 20 May 1916 vaBritain vakanga vatora mhenderekedzo yokurudyi (yokumaodzanyemba) yeTigris nechokumavirira kusvika kuGharraf, vachichenesa mauto eTurkey, asi vakanga vasati vatorazve Kut. Vakakwanisa kuyambuka vachienda kune rumwe rutivi musi wa13 December 1916. VaTurkey vakabvisa Kut musi wa24 Kukadzi 1917 ndokudzokera kuBaghdad.