Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A Loos a watan Janairu da Fabrairun 1916 sun sami gabatarwar su ga yakin basasa kuma sun sha wahala sosai a yakin Hulluch, 27-29 Afrilu, yayin Tashin Easter. Sun mamaye kogunan Jamus a cikin watan Mayu da Yuni, kuma a ƙarshen Yuli an tura su zuwa kwarin Somme inda suka tsunduma cikin yakin Somme. Rukunin na 16 ya kasance mai mahimmanci wajen kama garuruwan Guillemont da Ginchy
(duka bangare na yakin Somme), ko da yake sun sha wahala babbar hasara. Wata jaridar Landan tana da taken "Yadda 'yan Irish suka ɗauki Ginchy <unk> Kyakkyawan ƙarfin hali na sojojin Irish" An kashe tsohon dan majalisa na East Tyrone, lauya kuma farfesa a fannin tattalin arziki a UCD, Tom Kettle a wannan yakin. A lokacin wadannan ayyukan biyu masu nasara tsakanin 1 da 10 ga Satumba asarar da ta yi ya kai jami'ai 224 da maza 4,090; duk da wadannan asarar da aka yi wa dakarun, rundunar ta sami suna a matsayin dakarun farko.