<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Lapho kugqashuka iMpi Yezwe Yokuqala ngo-1914, uJacob waya eWestern Front nebutho laseMeerut, elaliyingxenye yebutho lamaNdiya. Wabona isenzo esigabeni sokugcina seMpi yaseLa Bassée  <response>: ngo-October 1914. Wakhushulwa waba yi-brigadier-general yesikhashana ngomhlaka 5 Januwari 1915, waqokwa ukuba ahole iDehra Dun Brigade, futhi wahola ibutho eMpini yaseNeuve Chapelle ngoMashi 1915 kanye neMpi yase-Aubers Ridge ngoMeyi 1915. Wakhushulwa waba yi-major-general yesikhashana ngomhlaka-7 Septhemba 1915, waba yi-General Officer Commanding yeMeerut division futhi wahola lo mkhakha eMpini yaseLoos ngo-Okthoba 1915. Njengoba i-Indian Corps yayilungiselela ukushiya i-Western front, waqokwa ukuba athathe i-21st Division of the New Armies ngo-18 Novemba 1915. Wakhushulwa waba ngumphathi-jikelele ngomhlaka 1 Januwari 1916 futhi naphezu kokulimala ngoMashi 1916, wakhushulwa waba ngumphathi-jikelele wesikhashana ngomhlaka 28 Meyi 1916 futhi waqokwa ukuba alawule i-II Corps e-Fifth Army ngoSepthemba 1916. Ngesikhathi seMpi yaseSomme, ibutho lakhe lahlaselwa yiBrithani ngesikhathi seMpi yaseThiepval Ridge ngoSepthemba 1916 kanye nokuhlaselwa okulandelayo kweSt Pierre Divion ngesikhathi seMpi yase-Ancre ngoNovemba 1916. Wahlala elawula i-II Corps, ngemuva kokukhushulwa waba yisikhundla esiphezulu se-lieutenant-general ngoJuni 3, 1917, ngeMpi yasePasschendaele ekwindla ka-1917. 