Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Tichipiwa vashandi uye zvimwe zvokushandisa, Maude akatungamirira simba rake munhevedzano yokuramba ichikunda. Kufambira mberi kweTigris uye kukunda muhondo dzaMohammed Abdul Hassan, Hai naDahra muna Ndira 1917, kudzorera Kut
muna February 1917, akatora Baghdad musi wa 11 March 1917. (Akabvisa Chiziviso cheBaghdad musi wa19 March.) Kubva kuBaghdad, akatanga Samarrah Offensive uye akawedzera mashandiro ake kuenda kuEuphrates neDiyala nzizi.