Kammala wannan jumla: Maurice ya tabbata cewa ana janye sojoji daga Yammacin Yamma don raunana matsayin Douglas Haig. Yanayin ya zama mai matukar damuwa bayan da
kusa da mummunan nasarar da Hubert Gough ta Fifth Army a karshen Maris 1918. Lokacin da David Lloyd George ya sanar a cikin House of Commons a ranar 9 ga Afrilu cewa matakan sojojin Birtaniya a Yammacin Yammacin sun kasance a kowane lokaci, Maurice ya yi imanin cewa yana yaudarar majalisar da jama'ar Birtaniya.