Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Asquith ya bi wannan ta hanyar amincewa da gudanar da kwamitocin bincike kan gudanar da Dardanelles da kuma yakin Mesopotamian, inda aka tilasta wa sojojin Allied su mika wuya a
Ku tafi. Sir Maurice Hankey, Sakataren Kwamitin Yaki, ya yi la'akari da cewa, "Coalition ba ta sake farfadowa ba. A cikin watanni biyar da suka gabata, an gudanar da aikin Babban Kwamandan a karkashin inuwar waɗannan binciken. " Amma waɗannan kuskuren sun ɓace ta hanyar iyakancewar ci gaba da kuma asarar rayuka na yakin Somme, wanda ya fara a ranar 1 ga Yuli, 1916, sannan kuma ta wani mummunan hasara na mutum, mutuwar dan Asquith Raymond, a ranar 15 ga Satumba a yakin Flers <unk> Courcelette. Dangantakar Asquith da babban ɗansa ba ta kasance mai sauƙi ba. Raymond ya rubuta wa matarsa a farkon 1916, "Idan Margot yayi magana da ku game da rashin mutuntaka na 'ya'yanta na' ya'yanta za ku iya dakatar da bakinta ta hanyar gaya mata cewa a lokacin da nake gudun hijira na watanni 10 a nan, Firayim Ministan bai taba rubuta ni ba wani layi na kowane bayanin. " Amma mutuwar Raymond ta ba ni mamaki. Violet ta rubuta kamar haka: "... ganin Uba yana wahala haka yana girgiza mutum", kuma Asquith ya wuce yawancin watanni masu zuwa "an janye shi kuma yana da wuya a kusanci". Yaƙin bai kawo hutawa ba; Churchill ya lura, "Rashin karya layin Jamus a Somme, dawo da ikon Jamusawa a Gabas [watau rashin nasarar Brusilov Offensive], lalacewar Romania da farkon sabon yakin jirgin ruwa ya ƙarfafa da kuma karfafa dukkan sojojin da suka nace kan har yanzu mafi girma ƙarfi a cikin gudanar da al'amuran. "