 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Muna 1916, mapurisa okuongorora nendege akanga asingawanzoperekedzwa sezvo pakanga pasina kupopotedzana kwakanyanya kana kuti kwakanga kusina kupopotedzana, pakati pevarwi. Zvisinei, sezvo hondo yapasi yeSinai nePalestine Campaign pamutsetse weGaza kuenda kuBheeri-shebha yakafanana nehondo yomumapako pamuganhu wokumadokero, naizvozvowo hondo yemumhepo pamusoro pePalestine yokumaodzanyemba yakafanana neiyo iri kurwiwa pamusoro peFrance. Pashure peHondo Yechipiri yeGazamuna Kubvumbi 1917 uye panguva yekumira muSouthern Palestine yakatevera, kusangana kweEgyptian Expeditionary Force EEF nemauto eOttoman mauto akabata mitsara yepamberi yakasimbiswa yakakura, sezvo matura ekupa uye mitsara yekutaurirana yakagadziriswa. Kudikanwa kwokuziva pamusoro paivava kwakaparira kukakavadzana kukuru mumhepo. Mapurisa okuongorora nendege airwiswa nguva dzose, naizvozvo zvakanga zvakafanira kuti mapurisa ose okuona mifananidzo uye mapurisa okuona zvombo ave achiperekedzwa nendege dzinofambisa. Aya mapurisa chaiwo eEEF ayo akakura kuva mapoka, akaperekedza uye akadzivirira ndege dzokuongorora, achirwisa ndege dzevavengi kwose kwose dzaiwanikwa, mumhepo, kana kuti pasi. Zvisinei, ndege dzeGermany dzakanga dzakakwirira zvikuru dzakapfura ndege dzeEEF dzakawanda panguva dzokurwisana kwembwa. 