<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - NgoSepthemba 1914, i-BEF yaqiniswa yi-Indian Expeditionary Force A eyagcina yakha amabutho amabili ngalinye lamabutho amabili, i-Indian Cavalry Corps kanye ne-Indian Infantry Corps. Lapho befika eMarseilles ngomhlaka-30 Septhemba 1914, emasontweni ayisithupha kuphela ngemuva 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. Amabutho ahamba ngezinyawo agcina esekhishelwe eGibhithe ngo-Okthoba 1915, lapho athathelwa indawo amabutho amasha aseBrithani e-Army kaKitchener. 