He made a good job of it.

The Arabs were naturally cock-a-hoop." I suggested that the Arabs with that great army could have enforced the contract, but he laughed again.
"They were being paid in gold by the British, and had Lawrence to hold them together.

The flow of gold stopped, and Lawrence was sent home.

Somebody at the Foreign Office had changed his mind.
You see, they were all taken by surprise at the speed of Allenby's campaign.

The Zionists saw their chance, and claimed Palestine.