Ka kammala wannan jumla: A farkon shekarar 1918, Jamus ta kaddamar da wani babban hari a Yammacin Yamma bayan rushewar Tsarist Rasha ya ba su damar mayar da hankalinsu a yamma. A karshen watan Maris, yayin da aka tura Allies zuwa ga muhimmin tashar jirgin kasa na Amiens kuma halin da ake ciki ya zama mummunan hali, an tura Battalion na 40 zuwa matsayi na kariya tsakanin kogin Ancre da Somme. Daga bisani bataliya ta yi yaƙi a lokacin yakin basasa.
Yaƙin Somme, inda suka taimaka wajen dakatar da hare-haren Jamus a Morlancourt. A lokacin yakin kwana uku, bataliya ta yi asarar rayuka masu yawa, ta rasa mutane 225, amma ta yi mummunan rauni, ta ci gaba da kuma tabbatar da matsayi mai muhimmanci da ke kallon Amiens. Jerin ƙananan ayyuka <unk> da ake kira "sa hannu cikin lumana" <unk> ya biyo baya yayin da aka ci gaba da ci gaba da Jamus. A watan Agusta da Satumba, bayan da Allies suka kaddamar da hare-haren kansu, wanda ya kawo karshen yakin, rundunar ta taimaka wajen fitar da Jamus zuwa Hindenburg Line. An ba Sergeant Percy Statton lambar yabo ta Victoria Cross don ayyukan da ke kusa da Proyart a tsakiyar watan Agusta, yana jagorantar karamin rukuni na maza don halakar da matsayi na Jamus guda huɗu waɗanda ke riƙe da ci gaban 'yan Australia, kafin su fitar da mutane biyu da suka ji rauni, yayin da suke ƙarƙashin wuta.