Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Asquith akatevera izvi nekubvuma kuita Makomisheni Ekuongorora maitiro eDardanelles uye yeMesopotamia mushandirapamwe, uko mauto eAllied akange amanikidzwa kuzvipira pa
Kut. Kut. Sir Maurice Hankey, Munyori weDare reHondo, akafunga kuti, "Mubatanidzwa hauna kuzombopora. Kwemwedzi mishanu yokupedzisira, basa reChikuru Chokutungamirira rakaitwa mumumvuri weidzi nzvero". Asi zvikanganiso izvi zvakaputirwa nekufambira mberi kwakaganhurirwa uye kurasikirwa kukuru kweHondo yeSomme, iyo yakatanga musi wa1 Chikunguru 1916, uyezve nekurasikirwa nemumwe munhu, kufa kwemwanakomana waAsquith Raymond, musi wa15 Gunyana paHondo yeFlers-Courcelette. Ukama hwaAsquith nomwanakomana wake mukuru hwakanga husiri nyore. Raymond akanyorera mudzimai wake pakuvamba kwa1916, "Kana Margot achitaurazve nhema kwamuri pamusoro pokusava nomunhu kwavana vake vokurera munogona kuvhara muromo wake nokumuudza kuti mukati memwedzi yangu 10 yokudzingwa muno, P.M. haasati ambondinyorera mutsetse upi noupi worondedzero ipi neipi". Asi rufu rwaRaymond rwakanga rwunotyisa. Violet akanyora sezvinotevera: "...kuona Baba vachitambura zvakadaro kunogumbura mumwe", uye Asquith akapedza yakawanda yemwedzi yakatevera "akazvibvisa uye akaoma kusvika". Hondo haina kuunza zororo; Churchill akati, "Kukundikana kuputsa mutsetse weGerman muSomme, kupora kwesimba reGermany kuMabvazuva [kureva kukundwa kweBrusilov Offensive], kuparara kweRomania uye kutanga kwehondo yakadzokororwa yepasi pemvura kwakasimbisa uye kwakakurudzira masimba ese ayo akasimbirira pakusimba kukuru mukuita zvinhu".