<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakati paMay naDecember 1916, 13th Western Division yakagadziridzwa uye yakashongedzerwazve mukugadzirira kuenda kuchamhembe kunotora Baghdad. Muna July, Major-General Maude akakwidziridzwa kuti atungamirire mauto akawedzerwa uye akatumidzwa zita rokuti Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force. Munzvimbo yake, Brigadier General Cayley, aimbova mutungamiri we39th Brigade, akasimudzwa kuti ave mutungamiri weboka. Musi wa12 Zvita 1916, divi rakatangira kubva kuSheik Saad paKut. Pa  <response>: Hondo yechipiri yeKut, divi rakabatsira kudzinga mauto eOttoman kubva mutaundi. Mushure mokumbomira kwenguva pfupi, boka racho rakaenda kuchamhembe, richiyambuka Rwizi rweDiyala, uye rakabatanidzwa mukubatwa kweBaghdad musi wa11 Kurume 1917. Mushure mokubatwa kweBaghdad, 13th Western Division yakarwisana nehondo dzakawanda kuti isimbise kutonga kweBritain pamusoro peBaghdad vilayet. Izvi zvaisanganisira kurwa paDellis Abbas 27 kusvika 28 Kurume 1917, Duqma 29 Kurume 1917, Nahr Kalis 9 kusvika 15 Kubvumbi 1917, kupfuura kweAdhaim 18 Kubvumbi 1917 uye chiito cheShatt al Adhaim 30 Kubvumbi 1917. Pasinei nokusaita basa kwevaBritish kuti vafambire mberi, chikamu ichi chakarwawo paChipiri uye Chechitatu Chiito cheJabal Hamrin 16-20 Gumiguru 1917 uye 3-6 Zvita 1917. 