Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Musi waMay 24, 1915, pashure pokuziva nezve"Mhosva Huru", hurumende dzeBritain, France neRussia dzakapa mashoko akabatana dzichipomera hurumende yeOttoman "mhosva dzinorwisana nevanhu", kokutanga munhau kuti shoko iri rakanga rashandiswa. VaBritain, vaFrance navaRussia vakapikirazve kuti kana hondo yacho yangokundwa vaizotonga vatungamiriri veOttoman vane mutoro wokuparadza rudzi rwechiArmenian nokuda kwemhosva dzinorwisana norudzi rwomunhu. Zvisinei nemasimba eAnglo-Australian-New Zealand-Indian-French akabatwa muGallipoli uye imwe nhume yeAnglo-Indian zvishoma nezvishoma ichifambira mberi kuBaghdad, vatungamiriri veCUP havana kutyisidzirwa nekutyisidzira kweAllied kuti vaende kumatare. Musi wa22-23 Mbudzi 1915, General Sir Charles Townshend akakundwa muHondo yeCtesiphon naNureddin Pasha naGoltz Pasha, nokudaro vachipedza kufambira mberi kweBritain kuBaghdad. Musi wa 3 December 1915, zvakanga zvasara zveuto raTownshend zvakanga zvaparadzwa.
akakombwa muKut al-Amara (mauto ake akazvipira kuna Halil Pasha mwedzi mishanu gare gare). Muna January 1916, Gallipoli yakaguma nokukunda kwevaOttoman nokubviswa kwemauto eAllied; kukunda uku kwakaita zvakawanda kusimudzira mukurumbira wehurumende yeCUP. Pashure peGallipoli, Enver Pasha nokuzvikudza akazivisa muhurukuro kuti umambo hwakanga hwaponeswa nepo umambo hune simba hweBritain hwakanga hwachangobva kunyadziswa mukukundwa kusati kwamboitika.