Ka kammala wannan jumlar: A wannan watan, Laftanar Janar John Monash ya zama kwamandan rundunar sojojin Australia, ya maye gurbin William Birdwood. Bayan harin da Jamus ta kai wa Faransawa a kusa da
Aisne, Allies sun fara sake tsara tsare-tsaren tsaron su don yin watsi da fasahohin hare-haren Jamus da kuma inganta rayuwar dakarun a yankunan gaba. Harin na Jamus a kusa da Aisne ya nuna rashin lafiyar garuruwan garuruwa da karfi sosai, kamar yadda manyan hare-haren da aka yi a cikin rami ya haifar da mummunan rauni a kan dakarun da ke gaba, wanda ya taimaka wa Jamus su shiga cikin matsayi na Allied. Har ila yau, ya nuna bukatar da za a ci gaba da karfi counterattacking sojojin a zurfin, tare da ikon amsa da sauri ga wani hari, da kuma yin amfani da motsa jiki a sake duk wani ƙasa rasa. An kafa matsayi na bindigogi a bayan layin, a waje da yankin farko na bombardment, da kuma kokarin da muka yi don inganta kariya da aka ba sojojin ta hanyar kara yawan dug-outs da kuma kafa madadin wuraren harbi don tallafawa batir na bindigogi. Sojoji a cikin yankunan da ke gaba za a ƙarfafa su cikin matsayi na ƙarfin platoon don samar da isasshen ƙarfin don kai hari, kuma an ba da ƙarin horo don kammala fasahohi kamar wasan motsa jiki na gas da wuta da motsi a cikin yanayin da kawai iyakance goyon bayan bindigogi ke samuwa. An kuma kara horar da ma'aikata don inganta umurni da iko.