Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pazuva rake rokutanga seCIGS Robertson akadawo mutemo wekudzivirira muMesopotamia, nekusimbiswa kunobva kuIndia chete <unk> izvi zvakabvumiranwa musi wa 29 February 1916, pamusoro pekushora kwaBalfour naLloyd George. Robertson akasimbirirawo kuti mashandiro eMesopotamia (uye pakupedzisira kugoverwa kwezvinhu) aendeswe pasi pokutonga kwake pane kuti aendeswe kuIndia Office. Townshend, akakombwa muKut
, pakutanga yakanga isingafungidzirwi kuva mungozi, asi pakupedzisira yakapa muna April 1916 mushure mekuedza katatu kwekununura kwakakundikana.