Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A Loos, a cikin Janairu da Fabrairu 1916, an gabatar da rukunin zuwa yakin basasa kuma ya sha wahala sosai a yakin Hulluch. Ma'aikata sun kai hari kan sansanin Jamus a cikin watan Mayu da Yuni. A ƙarshen Yuli an tura su zuwa kwarin Somme inda suka tsunduma cikin yakin Somme. Laftanar Janar Hubert Gough, kwamandan Sojoji na Biyar na Burtaniya, ya nemi, a ƙarshen 1915, a sanya sashin a ƙarƙashin ikonsa, kuma ya kafa makarantar farko ta farko don horar da matasa. Rukunin na 16 ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen kama garuruwan Guillemont da Ginchy
, duk da cewa sun yi asarar rayuka masu yawa. A lokacin wadannan ayyukan nasara tsakanin 1 da 10 Satumba asarar rayuka sun kai jami'ai 224 da maza 4,090; duk da wadannan asarar da suka yi yawa, sashin ya sami suna a matsayin dakarun tashin hankali na farko. Daga cikin jimillar mutane 10,845, ya yi asarar 3,491 a kan Loos tsakanin Janairu da ƙarshen Mayu 1916, gami da asarar rayuka masu yawa daga harin bam da harin gas a Hullach a watan Afrilu. Rashin jini na wannan tsari ya zama mummunan hali ga rabuwa, domin dole ne a yi shi ta hanyar zane daga Ingila.