Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pasinei nokusanzwisisana, pakati paOctober 1915, neBritish pasi peGeneral Townshend ichifambira mberi kuBaghdad, Enver Pasha akaisa Goltz mutariri weChitanhatu Hondo (ona Mesopotamian Campaign). Baron von der Goltz ndiye akanga achitungamirira muHondo yeCtesiphon, iyo yakanga yakafanana, sezvo mativi ose akadzokera shure kubva kunhandare yehondo. Zvisinei, sezvo vaBritain vakanga vachidzokera shure, Goltz akatendeutsa uto rake ndokuvatevera vachiyambuka rwizi. Apo Townshend akamira paKut, Goltz akakomberedza nzvimbo yeBritish (ona
Kukombwa kweKut). Kufanana nemauto aJulius Caesar muHondo yeAlesia, mauto eTurkey e6 pasi pekutungamirirwa kwaHalil Kut Pasha aifanira kurwisa kuedza kukuru kweBritain kubvisa varwi veKut vachiri kuchengetedza kukombwa. Vose vakataura kuti vaBritain vakaedza kudenha katatu kwakasiyana-siyana uye chimwe nechimwe chakakundikana pamutengo wokurasikirwa navanhu 23 000. Hondo dzacho dzaisanganisira Hondo yeWadi, Hondo yeHanna, uye Hondo yeDujaila.