Guud ahaan, General Hubert Gough waxaa laga ceyriyay taliskii ciidanka shanaad ee Ingiriiska ka dib markii ay ku fashilmeen in ay ka hortagaan Jarmalka.
Dagaalkii Gu'ga ee 1918. Markii Haig uu go'aansaday inuu dib u habeeyo ciidanka shanaad, wuxuu amarkiisa u dhiibay Birdwood oo aqbalay. Tani waxay wadada u xaareysay nin Australiyaan ah inuu qaato amarka guutada, amarka ugu sarreeya ee uu qabtay nin Australiyaan ah dagaalka. Labada musharax waxay ahaayeen Major General Cyril Brudenell White (madaxa shaqaalaha ee Birdwood) iyo Major General John Monash (taliyaha qeybta 3aad). Monash, oo ahaa nin sare, wuxuu khibrad u lahaa hogaaminta ciidamada dagaalka waxaana doorbiday Haig iyo Birdwood, wuxuu helay jagada bishii May 1918 waxaana loo dalacsiiyay gaashaanle sare. Ciidanka Australia ayaa si weyn loo adeegsaday inta lagu gudajiray Weerarkii Boqolka Maalmood ee uu guul weyn ka gaaray.