Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi wa 18 Ndira 1916 13th (W) Division yakatanga kuenda kuEgypt uye pakupera kwemwedzi yakanga yaunganidzwa paPort Said. Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Younghusband, DSO, akasimudzirwa kubva kumubatsiri we1/5th Bn Bedfordshire Regiment kuti atungamirire 7th Gloucesters musi wa24 Ndira. Chikamu chakatora nzvimbo muSuez Canal dziviriro, asi musi wa 8 Kukadzi yakarairwa kuMesopotamia Front. Vachipa mapurisa avo musi wa 12 February mauto okutanga akaenda nechitima kuSuez uko vakakwira SS "Simla" kuBasra, vachisvika musi wa 27 February. Pano pakanga pane kupararira kwefivha pakati pe7th Gloucesters uye battalion yakasiiwa shure apo chikamu chakasara chechikamu chakasimuka Tigris muna March. Nokudaro rakapotsa nhevedzano yokutanga yokuedza kubvisa varwi vakanga vakakombwa veKut Al Amara
, achingofamba achikwidza Tigris nechikepe kuti adzokere kuchikwata musi wa 18 Kubvumbi nenguva yekurwiswa patsva.