 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi wa 18 Ndira 1916 13th W Division yakatanga kuenda kuEgypt uye pakupera kwemwedzi yakanga yaunganidzwa paPort Said. Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Younghusband, DSO, akasimudzirwa kubva kumubatsiri we15th Bn Bedfordshire Regiment kuti atungamirire 7th Gloucesters musi wa24 Ndira. Chikamu chakatora nzvimbo mukudzivirirwa kweSuez Canal, asi musi wa 8 Kukadzi chakarairwa kuenda kuMesopotamia Front. Vachipa mapurisa avo musi wa 12 February mauto okutanga akaenda nechitima kuSuez uko vakakwira SS Simla kuBasra, vachisvika musi wa 27 February. Pano pakanga pane kupararira kwefivha pakati pe7th Gloucesters uye battalion yakasiiwa shure apo chikamu chakasara chechikamu chakasimuka Tigris muna March. Naizvozvo rakapotsa nhevedzano yokutanga kuedza kusunungura garrison yakakomberedzwa yeKut Al Amara, kungofamba chete Tigris nechikepe chemvura kuti vabatanezve neboka musi wa18 Kubvumbi munguva yekurwiswa patsva. 