Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi wa19 Mbudzi, Edheni akaendeswa kuGeneral Staff seGeneral Staff Officer Giredhi 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 senzira huru yechiGermany yokurwisa
zvakanga zviri pachena kuti zvakanga zvava kuda kuitika, kungoti bhati rake rekare raizoparadzwa kuti ribatsire kuderedza kushomeka kwevarume 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.