Kammala wannan jumla: Duk yankin da ke kewaye ya kasance wani ɓangare na filin yaƙi na Yaƙin Duniya na ɗaya kuma akwai kaburburan sojoji da yawa a yankin. Sojojin Jamus sun mallaki babban wuri a arewacin da aka sani da Chemin des Dames kuma sun tsayayya da hare-haren da sojojin Faransa suka kai don kawar da su a shekara ta 1914
da kuma 1917; sa'an nan kuma amfani da high ƙasa da kaddamar da wani mamaki offensive a 1918.