Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - General Hubert Gough akabviswa pakuva mutungamiri weBritish Fifth Army zvichitevera kukundikana kwayo kumira neGerman Spring Offensive
ra1918. Apo Haig akasarudza kuchinja Hondo yeChishanu, akapa kutungamirira kwayo kuna Birdwood uyo akabvuma. Ikoku kwakaronga nzira yokuti muAustralia atore kutungamirirwa kweboka racho, kutungamirirwa kwepamusoro-soro kwebasa kwakaitwa nomuAustralia muhondo. Vaviri vakasarudzwa vaiva Major General Cyril Brudenell White (Birdwood's chief-of-staff) uye Major General John Monash (mutungamiri we3rd Division). Monash, uyo akanga ari mukuru, akanga ane ruzivo rwokutungamirira mauto muhondo uye aifarirwa naHaig naBirdwood, akawana basa racho muna May 1918 uye akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant general. Mauto eAustralia akashandiswa zvikuru mukati meZuva reZana reZviitiko panguva iyo yakawana kubudirira kukuru.