Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Maxse's XVIII Corps ya kuma shiga cikin kare Fifth Army a kan Jamusanci Spring Offensive
, farawa a ranar 21 ga Maris 1918. Da karfe 10.45 na safiyar ranar 22 ga Maris Gough ya ba da umarnin a rubuce ga kwamandojin kwamandoji don komawa baya, idan aka kai musu hari sosai, zuwa layin gaba ("Green Line" a gaban Somme <unk> a aikace kadan fiye da layin alamomi da waya) na Yankin Baya. Ma'aikatan Rundunar Sojoji na Biyar sun kuma sanar da kwamandojin kwamandoji game da ƙarfafawar Faransa da kuma fatan Gough na janye III Corps don samar da ajiya. Da yake karɓar waɗannan sakonni a kusa da tsakar rana, Maxse ya umarci XVIII Corps ya janye nan da nan, ba tare da rufe wuta ba, kuma sun koma baya a baya na Somme gaba daya a wannan maraice. Gough yayi kokarin dakatar da janyewar Maxse lokacin da ya ji labarin, amma ya yi latti. Watts XIX Corps a gefen hagu na Maxse kuma ya koma baya.