Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A ranar farko a matsayin CIGS Robertson ya kuma bukaci manufofin tsaro a Mesopotamiya, tare da karfafawa daga Indiya kawai <unk> an amince da wannan a ranar 29 ga Fabrairu, 1916, a kan ƙin yarda da Balfour da Lloyd George. Robertson kuma ya nace cewa ayyukan Mesopotamian (kuma daga ƙarshe kayan aiki) za a kawo shi ƙarƙashin ikonsa maimakon na Ofishin Indiya. Townshend, an kewaye shi a
Ba a fara tunanin Kut yana cikin haɗari ba, amma daga ƙarshe ya mika wuya a watan Afrilu 1916 bayan ƙoƙari uku na ceto.