Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Maalintiisii ugu horreysay ee uu ahaa CIGS Robertson wuxuu sidoo kale dalbaday siyaasad difaac oo ku saabsan Mesobotamiya, iyadoo xoojinta laga keenay kaliya Hindiya <unk> tan waxaa la isku raacay 29 Febraayo 1916, diidmada Balfour iyo Lloyd George. Robertson wuxuu kaloo ku adkeystay in hawlgallada Mesobotamiya (iyo ugu dambeyntii saadka) la hoosgeliyo isaga halkii laga hoos gelin lahaa Xafiiska Hindiya. Magaalada Townshend, oo la hareereeyay
Kut, markii hore looma maleynin inuu halis ku jiro, laakiin ugu dambeyntii wuxuu is dhiibay Abriil 1916 ka dib seddex isku day oo gargaarka oo fashilmay.