Cika wannan jumla:
Jamusanci Spring Offensive Seely, ya dawo daga London, ya kira Percy Beddington, babban jami'in ma'aikata na Sojoji na Biyar, a kusa da karfe 2 na safe a ranar 24 ga Maris, 1918, don sanar da shi game da jita-jita a London cewa Sojoji na Biyar sun yi nasara. Beddington, wanda kawai ya sami damar yin bacci awa daya da suka gabata, a karo na farko tun safiyar ranar 21 ga Maris, a kan gadon sansanin a ofishinsa, ya rubuta cewa ya "rasa (hankalinsa), ya la'anta shi a kan tudu da kuma kwarin kwarin don ya kuskura ya farka (shi) da irin wannan wauta". Seely da kansa daga baya ya yarda cewa ba zato ba tsammani ya zama ba shi da mahimmanci 'yan kwanaki bayan haka lokacin da yake umurnin CCB a cikin aiki, amma yana da mahimmanci a cikin' yan kwanaki masu zuwa lokacin da aka kori Gough daga umurnin Sojojin a matsayin mai laifi.