 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Ngarava iyi yakaona chiito chakakura panguva yeHondo yekutanga yeBalkan muna 1912-1913, kusanganisira hondo dzeElli neLemnosmuna December 1912 naJanuary 1913, zvichiteerana. Munguva yokurwisana kwokupedzisira, rakakuvadzwa zvikuru negomba rechiGiriki uye rakamanikidzwa kudzokera shure. Pashure pokutanga kweHondo Yenyika I muna 1914, Mesudiye yakasungwa paNara kuti ichengetedze minda yemigodhi yaivharira kupinda muDardanelles. Mangwanani aDecember 13, ngarava yeBritish yakapfuura nemuminda yemigodhi ndokupfura Mesudiye, iyo yakanyura nokukurumidza. Zvisinei, vakawanda vevashandi vacho vakapona, uye zvombo zvakawanda zvakatorwa uye zvakashandiswa kusimbisa kuzvidzivirira kweDardanelles. Bhatiri rezvombo izvi, rakatumidzwa kuti Mesudiye mukuremekedza ngarava yacho, rakabatsira kunyudza ngarava yehondo yeFrance muna March 1915. 