 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Robertson akanga asina chokwadi nezvezviratidzo zvokuti nhamburiko yehondo yeRussia yaizovandudzwa nokuwa kwaTsar, uye akakurudzira kuti Britain irambe ichimanikidza Germany nokurwisa kuWestern Front. Akafunga kuti USA, iyo yakanga yazivisa hondo kuGermany, yaizoita zvishomanene kuti ibetsere kukunda hondo yacho. Kunyange kana Purezidhendi Wilson akatumira mauto kuEurope izvo zvakanga zvisati zvanyatsojeka, zvaizotora kutozosvikira muzhizha ra1918 kuti mauto eU.S. 250 000 avepo. Robertson akagadzira imwe General Staff ongororo 28 Kurume 1917 achisimbisa kuti chinzvimbo cheAllied chakanga chashata sei kubva muzhizha rapfuura, uye zvakare achikurudzira kuyedza kwekudyidzana kuti vabvise shamwari dzeGerman, kunyangwe iye akasarudza kusazviparadzira kuvanhuwo zvavo. Germany yakanga yasunungura varume vanopfuura mamirioni 1.7 nokuda kwebasa rehondo, uye panosvika zhizha ra1917, Hondo yeGermany yaizova ine varume vanopfuura mamirioni 1.25 vakasimba, mapoka 89 okuwedzera kunyange zvazvo akaderedzwa kubva kumabatiro 12 epasi kuenda ku9. 