Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi wa19 Mbudzi, Eden akaendeswa kuGeneral Staff seGeneral Staff Officer Grade 3 (GSO3), aine chinzvimbo chenguva pfupi chekaputeni. Akashanda paChipiri HQ pakati pepakati paNovember 1917 na 8 Kurume 1918, achirasikirwa nebasa muItari (sezvo 41st Division yakanga yaendeswa ikoko mushure mekunge Second Army yeItaly yakundwa muhondo yeCaporetto). Edheni rakadzokera kuWestern Front se
Kurwisa kukuru kweGermany kwakanga kuri pachena kuti kwakanga kwava kuda kuitika, kungoti bhati rake rekare raizoparadzwa kuti ribatsire kuderedza kushayikwa kukuru kwevanhu muuto reBritain. Kunyange zvazvo David Lloyd George, ipapo mutungamiriri wehurumende yeBritain, akanga ari mumwe wevezvematongerwe enyika vashoma avo Eden akashuma varwi vepamberi vachitaura zvikuru, akanyorera hanzvadzi yake (23 December 1917) achivenga "kumirira uye kuona twaddle" mukuramba kuwedzera basa rekuunganidza kuIreland.