In June-July 1703, Halil Pasha led a three-pronged attack against western Georgia. The troops under his direct command crossed the Çoruh River on pontoons and invaded Guria, while the contingent under his second-in-command joined by the troops of Ishak Pasha of Çildir fought their way through the Zekari Pass into Imereti. The third force was landed by the Ottoman navy in Mingrelia.