<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngo - 1914 i - 7th Meerut Division yayiyingxenye ye - Indian Expeditionary Force A eyathunyelwa ukuyoqinisa i - British Expeditionary Force BEF eyayilwa eFrance. Iningi lalakha isigaba sabagibeli abahamba ngezinyawo njengengxenye ye-Indian Corps, kanti iMeerut Cavalry Brigade yahlukaniswa ukuze ibe yingxenye ye-2nd Indian Cavalry Division e-Indian Cavalry Corps. Ngenkathi eseFrance lesi sigaba saziwa ngokuthi yiMeerut Division, namabhikidi aso ngamagama awo, ukugwema ukudideka ne- 7th British Division. Ukuthunyelwa kwezimpahla ezivela eNdiya kwakubambezelekile ngenxa yemisebenzi yezikebhe zaseJalimane i-Emden nezithi i-Konigsberg ezazisebenza e-Indian Ocean, nangenxa yesivinini esiphansi semikhumbi yokuthutha. I-division yafika eMarseilles ngo-12 kuya ku-14 Okthoba 1914, kodwa kwaba nokulibaziseka okwengeziwe ngenkathi amabutho ehlomiswa kabusha ngesibhamu samanje, futhi isitimela sokuphakelayo sasingathuthukiswa, sisebenzisa izimoto zabathengisi ezithengwe endaweni. Ekugcineni leli qembu laqala ukusebenza eMpini yase  <response>: ILa Bassee, iMessines yokuqala ne-Armentieres ngo-Okthoba kuya kuNovemba 1914. 