Kammala wannan jumla: A watan Disamba na 1916 an sanya shi a matsayin shugaban rundunar soja na 153 wanda ya bambanta kansa a
Yaƙin Aisne na biyu. An daukaka shi zuwa "Général de division" a ranar 2 ga Mayu, 1917, ya dauki umurnin 5th Army Corps (Faransa) har zuwa Janairu 1919. Tare da wannan rukunin ya shiga cikin hare-haren bazara na Jamusawa da kuma Ranar Kwana ɗari (Noyon, Marne da Argonne).