Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Maris na 1944, Messervy ya rasa brigades biyu da aka aiko don karfafa kariya mai karfi a Imphal da Kohima
a kasar Indiya. A watan Mayu, dukkanin rukunin sun dawo cikin layin gaba a bangaren Kohima, suna gwagwarmayar gwagwarmayar kwanaki biyar a ƙauyen Naga. Daga nan sai ya ci gaba zuwa kogin Chindwin, ya haɗu tare da Rukunin Sojoji na 20 na Indiya don kawo mummunan rauni ga Jafananci a Ukhrul.