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VaGerman Spring Offensive Seely, vachidzoka kubva kuLondon, vakashevedza Percy Beddington, mukuru mukuru wehondo yeChishanu, kuma2 mangwanani musi wa24 Kurume 1918, kuti amuzivise nezverunyerekupe muLondon kuti Hondo yeChishanu yakanga yakundwa. Beddington, uyo akanga angokwanisa kurara kweawa imwe chete pamberi pezvi, kokutanga kubvira mangwanani aMarch 21, pamubhedha womusasa muhofisi yake, akanyora kuti "akarasikirwa (ne) hasha dzake, akamutuka kumusoro kwechikomo uye pasi pemupata nokuda kwokusatya kumumutsa (iye) nenhema dzakadaro". Seely pachake akazobvuma kuti pakarepo zvakaratidzika sezvisingakoshi mazuva mashomanana gare gare apo akanga achiraira CCB muchiito, asi zvaikosha zvikuru mumazuva mashomanana akatevera apo Gough akadzingwa kubva kumutemo weHondo sechinhu chakaipa.