Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - The 1st Manchesters yakatanga kurwisa Mesopotamia, ichiperekedza nhengo dzevarwi veIndia Corps, kubva kuFrance mukupera kwa1915. Bhatani iri rakatora chikamu muHondo yeDujaila munaKurume 1916, iyo yaive nechinangwa chekubvisa mauto eBritish muKut-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.