<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Lapho befika eMarseilles ngo-September 30, 1914, ngemva kwamasonto ayisithupha kuphela ngemva kokumenyezelwa kwempi, badluliselwa e-Ypres Salient futhi bathatha ingxenye eMpini yaseLa Bassée  <response>: ngo-October 1914. Ngo-March 1915, i- 7th Meerut Division yakhethwa ukuba ihole ukuhlaselwa eMpini yaseNeuve Chapelle. I-Expeditionary Force yayiphazanyiswa ukungajwayelani nemishini emisha, yayikhishwa kuphela ngezibhamu ze-Lee-Enfield lapho ifika eFrance futhi yayingenayo i-artillery, incike ekusekelweni yi-corps yayo engomakhelwane lapho isendleleni engaphambili. Babengajwayelene nesimo sezulu sezwekazi futhi babengenayo imishini yokumelana nokubanda, okwaholela ekutheni babe nesibindi esiphansi esaqhubeka nokwanda ngenxa yohlelo lokugcina, lapho ukuqiniswa kwakubhalwa khona kunoma iyiphi i-regiment futhi kwakungekho ukubandakanyeka emaqenjini abo amasha. Ukufa kwezikhulu kwakuyisithiyo esikhulu nakakhulu, njengoba ababezongena esikhundleni sabo babengajwayelene nebutho laseNdiya futhi bengakwazi ukukhuluma ulimi. Ngenxa yokwehla kwesimo sengqondo, amasosha amaningi abaleka endaweni yempi futhi amabutho ahamba ngezinyawo agcina esekhishelwe eMesopotamiya ngo-Okthoba 1915, lapho athathelwa indawo amabutho amasha aseBrithani e-Army kaKitchener. 