بَدَاIt seemed banner-like that this caused the soldiers to stop gathering like a herd of sheep. Let us split and refine. It seemed that this caused the soldiers to stop gathering like a herd of sheep. Wait, let's look at words. baddā means It seemed. Let's make chunks short. Let's do word-by-word accurately. Let's use the provided schema. Let's review the chunks in the first block: baddā (It seemed) anna (that) hāذā (this) afāqa (caused) al-junūda (the soldiers) fatawaqqafū (and they stopped) 'ani (about) altajamhuri (gathering) ka (like) qaṭī'i (a herd of) al-aġnāmi (sheep).
It seemed that this caused the soldiers to stop gathering like a herd of sheep.