Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi wa13 Nyamavhuvhu 1915, General Sir John Nixon, vaitungamirira Indian Expeditionary Force D muMesopotamia, vakakumbira rimwe remapoka ehondo dzeIndia muFrance sekusimbiswa kwekufambira mberi kwake kuBaghdad. Sezvineiwo, musi iwoyo, Munyori weHurumende weIndia, Austen Chamberlain, akaudza Viceroy weIndia kuti akanga achida kuti mauto epasi eIndia abviswe muFrance asati ava kudikanwa kutsungirira imwe nguva yechando. Gadziriro yokugovera mapurisa akanga adonha uye mapoka echiIndia akanga ava kushaya simba zvikuru pashure pokurasikirwa kukuru kwavakanga vatambura. Kunyange zvazvo Secretary of State for War, Ishe Kitchener, akapikisa kubviswa kwavo kubva kuWestern Front, mirairo yakapiwa musi wa 31 Gumiguru kuti zvikamu zviviri zveIndia Corps (3rd (Lahore) uye 7th (Meerut) Chikamu) vatange paMarseilles kuenda kuMesopotamia. Vaifanira kusiya shure mauto avo eTerritorial Force akanga akabatanidzwa. Iwo madhivhizheni maviri akaburitswa mumutsara wepamberi musi wa6 Mbudzi uye aifanirwa kunge ari muBasra musi wa1 Zvita, asi kuenda kwavo kubva kuMarseilles kwakanonoka kusvika mushure me25 Zvita nekuda kwekutya kurwiswa kwepasi pemvura. 7th (Meerut) Division pakupedzisira yakasvika kuMesopotamia muChirimo cha1917 uye yakabatana neTigris Corps, yakanyanya kunonoka kubvisa 6th (Poona) Division paKut-al-Amara
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