Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Asquith gbasoro nke a site na ikwenye ịkpọkọta Kọmitii Nnyocha na omume nke Dardanelles na nke Mesopotamian mkpọsa, ebe a manyere ndị agha Allied inyefe onwe ha na
Kwụsịnụ. Sir Maurice Hankey, onye odeakwụkwọ nke Kọmitii Agha, weere na, "Njikọ ahụ enwetaghachighi. N'ime ọnwa ise gara aga, a na-arụ ọrụ nke ndị isi ndị agha n'okpuru onyinyo nke nyocha ndị a". Mana mmejọ ndị a kpuchiri ihu site na ọganihu dị oke na nnukwu ọnwụ nke Agha Somme, nke malitere na 1 Julaị 1916, na mgbe ahụ site na ọnwụ ọnwụ ọzọ, ọnwụ nke nwa Asquith, Raymond, na 15 Septemba na Agha nke Flers <unk> Courcelette. Mmekọrịta dị n'etiti Asquith na diọkpara ya adịghịrị ya mfe. Raymond degaara nwunye ya akwụkwọ na mbido afọ 1916, sị, "Ọ bụrụ na Margot agwakwa gị okwu ọjọọ ọzọ banyere arụrụala ụmụ di ya na-arụ, i nwere ike imechi ọnụ ya site n'ịgwa ya na n'ime ọnwa iri m nọrọ n'ala ọzọ ebe a, PM edebeghị m otu ahịrị nke nkọwa ọ bụla". Ma, ọnwụ Raymond gbawara m obi. Violet dere ihe na-esonụ: "... ịhụ Nna m ka ọ na-ata ahụhụ otú ahụ na-eme ka mmadụ nwee nkụda mmụọ", Asquith nọkwara ọtụtụ n'ime ọnwa ndị sochirinụ "n'ime onwe ya ma sie ike ịbịaru nso". Agha ahụ ewetaghị ezumike; Churchill kwuru, "Ọdịda nke imebi akara German na Somme, mgbake nke ike German na East [ya bụ mmeri nke Brusilov Offensive], mbibi nke Romania na mmalite nke agha submarine ọhụrụ wusiri ike ma kpalie ndị agha ahụ niile siri ọnwụ na ha ga-enwekwu ike na omume".