I te marama o Mei 1918, i te wā o te whakarerekētanga o ngā wae Allied, i raro i te Supreme Command o General Ferdinand Foch, ki te whakatau i te Tiamana spring whakaeke, VIII Corps i te kotahi wāhi i runga i te paepae o te tonoa ki te uru French Fourth Army. I whakahaerehia e Hunter-Weston tetahi whakaaturanga hoiho i Akuhata 1918, i te wa e haere ana te Pakanga o Amiens. Ahakoa i whakahaweatia ia mo tenei, kua tohuhia hoki ko te VIII Corps kaore i uru ki te whawhai i taua wa, ana ko enei huihuinga i whakanui i te wairua me te akiaki i te tiaki hoiho, e whakamahia tonu ana mo te kawe waka me te kawe taputapu. I whai wāhi nui ia ki te ārahi i tana ope i te Hunga Hunga o nga Ra Kotahi, i te haerenga ki te pakanga o Le Cateau
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