<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Ngo - 1914 i - Indian Expeditionary Force A yathunyelwa ukuyoqinisa i - British Expeditionary Force BEF eyayilwa eFrance. EFrance kwakhiwa i-Indian Cavalry Corps kanye ne-Indian Corps eyakhiwe yi-3rd Lahore kanye ne-7th Meerut Divisions. EFrance, la maqembu ayaziwa nje ngokuthi Lahore and Meerut Divisions, ukuwahlukanisa ne-3rd ne-7th British divisions. Ukuthunyelwa kwezimpahla ezivela eNdiya kwakubambezelekile ngenxa yemisebenzi yezikebhe zaseJalimane ezazisebenza e-Indian Ocean, nangenxa yesivinini esiphansi semikhumbi yokuthutha. I Lahore Division yaqala ukufika eMarseilles ngomhlaka 26 Septhemba 1914, kodwa kwakukhona ukubambezeleka okwengeziwe ngenkathi amabutho ehlomiswa kabusha ngesibhamu samanje, futhi isitimela sokuphakelayo sasingathuthukiswa, sisebenzisa amaveni abathengisi abathengwa endaweni. Ekugcineni amabutho aqala ukusebenza eMpini yase-  <response>: ILa Bassée, iMessines yokuqala ne-Armentières ngo-Okthoba kuya kuNovemba 1914. 