A karshen watan Mayu na shekarar 1918, rundunar sojojin Jamus ta yi yunkurin kai hari a birnin Paris a cikin
Yaƙin Aisne na Uku ya mamaye Soissons da yankunanta, gami da Buzancy. Daga bisani an dakatar da shi ta hanyar juriya na dakarun Allied daban-daban, ci gaba duk da haka ya bar barazanar barazana tsakanin Soissons da Rheims. Ganin damar samun nasara mai nasara ta hanyar "cinyewa" mai fita, Janar Foch na Allied ya ba da umarnin yin adawa a kan " wuyansa " daga bangarorin biyu, wanda ya fara da nasara sosai a gefen Soissons a ranar 18 ga Yuli, 1918, ya taimaka sosai ta hanyar tankuna masu haske na Renault FT. 'Yan Jamus, sun fahimci girman abin da ke cikin haɗari, sun kare mahimman hanyoyin da suka dace da manyan abubuwan da suka dace don samun isasshen lokaci don janye ragowar sojojin su daga cikin aljihun.