Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te marama o Hepetema 1944, i tangohia e Simonds te mana o te First Canadian Army mai i te Lieutenant-General Harry Crerar, i te whakaora mai i te mate o te mate pukupuku, me te arahi i te whakaoranga o te waha o te awa o Scheldt. "Na te nuinga o nga kaute, ko te whakapae a Simonds i te whakahau i whakaohooho i te HQ o te ope taua; i te mea i whakahaerehia e Crerar, i whakahau a Simonds". I te wa i hoki mai ai a Crerar ki te whakahau i te ope tuatahi, ka hoki mai a Simonds ki tana whakahau i te II Canadian Corps mo te
te whakaoranga o te raki-uru o Uropi.