 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna Kubvumbi 1941, 4th Cavalry Brigade, pamwe chete nebato revatasvi kubva kuEssex Regiment, chikwata chema mechanized kubva kuArab Legion uye kutsigira zvombo zvemauto zvakarongedzwa se Habforce yekuita mabasa muIraqsorutivi rwokupindura pro-Axis Rashid Ali uyo akanga atora simba muBaghdad uye akanga achirwisa RAF Habbaniya. Musi wa 9 Chivabvu 1941, 1st Household Cavalry Regiment yakarairwa kuti igadzirire kufamba nemamota e2-inch, pfuti dzeHotchkiss uye, gare gare, Bren pfuti-pfuti zvakanyanya sekunge dzaive dzakapfekedzwa muna 1914: kushanda mhiri kwemugwenga na1941 kwaive kumwe kwekuzivikanwa kwazvo munguva yekutanga yehondo. Kwakanga kune kupisa kukuru sezvavakatevera mupombi yamafuta kuti vabatane neGlubb Pashas Arab Legion paRutba Oasis. Mbiru yacho yakafamba makiromita 700 mumazuva matanhatu, ichitungamirirwa nevakuru vakuru veHousehold Cavalry, avo vakapiwa michinjikwa yakawanda yechiuto. C Squadron yakanga yakamira muFallujah, kuti irambe iri paYufratesi pakurwiswa kupi nokupi kwaibva kuBaghdad. Kurwisa guta guru kwakatanga musi wa 27 May. Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Ferguson, mukuru mukuru, akatora simba guru kuchamhembe, nepo C Squadron yakatenderera kumaodzanyemba kweguta. Ichitarisana nedhivhizheni reIraq, uye ichipoteredzwa nerimwe regiment, HQ yeBritish Regiment yakarwiswa, asi yakadzinga muvengi. B Squadron yakarwisana zvakasimba paAl-Khadimain, uye pakanga pane kuratidzwa kwoushingi hunoshamisa mukutarisana nomuvengi naKaporari weHorse Charles Maxted, uyo akapiwa Medal yeMasoja. Asi vaGermany muBaghdad vakadaidzira kuti hondo ipere, uye musi wa31 May, C Squadron yakagara pachiteshi chezvitima cheguta pasina anodzivisa. 