Kammala wannan jumla: A 1915, shi ne kwamandan sojojin
kama Kut a kudancin Iraki da kuma daukar Janar Townshend, jami'in 481 da sojoji 13,300 fursunoni. Bayan wannan nasarar da ya samu, an daukaka shi zuwa Janar. An nada shi gwamnan lardin Bagadaza (a yau Iraki da Kuwait sun haɗu) kuma shi ne kwamandan rundunar soja ta shida daga 19 ga Afrilu 1916 har zuwa ƙarshen yaƙin a 1918.