 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Maude atora BaghdadMarch 11, 1917, maTurkey akanga abva kuPersia uye akadzingwa kubva kuMedina nemaArabu, uye Murray akaita kurwisa kunoratidzika kubudirira paGaza March 26, Robertson akakumbira War Cabinet March 30 mvumo yekuraira Murray kuti atangezve kurwisa kwake. Mishumo yokutanga yakava yakawedzeredzwa, uye kurwisa kwakatevera 1719 April 1917 kwakakundikanawo. Izvi zvakabatana nekukundikana kweNivelle Offensive, mishumo yekusagadzikana pakati pemasoja eRussia mushure meRevolution yaFebruary uye kuwedzera kweU-Boat War zvaifungidzirwa kuti kurasikirwa kwekutakura kunogona kuita kuti Egypt isagadzirisike zvichikonzera Robertson kusarudza kudzokera kumutemo wekudzivirira kuMiddle East. 