Cika wannan jumlar: A ranar 21 ga Maris, Jamus ta kaddamar da
bude sallow na Spring Offensive, wanda da nufin isar da guda, m, yaki-lashe buga. An fara kai harin ne a yankin Saint-Quentin. Manufar ita ce ta haifar da irin wannan rashin nasara a kan sojojin Birtaniya cewa kasar za ta watsar da yakin, wanda zai tilasta wa Faransawa su nemi zaman lafiya. Sanin wani hare-haren Jamus da ke jiran, sashin ya shirya, wanda ya hada da sake tsara layin gaba, da kuma harin bindigogi na Jamus. Na biyun kuma ya haɗa da amfani da harsashin gas 500. An gudanar da rangadin dare, tare da rarrabuwa na iya shiga cikin layin gaban Jamus ba tare da fuskantar adawa ba. A ranar 8 ga Afrilu, an umurci Brigade na 166 da ya sauƙaƙe brigade na Fotigal a gefen hagu na sashin; an shirya miƙa hannu a ranar 9 ga Afrilu. A wannan lokacin, Brigade na 164 ya riƙe matsayi a hannun dama na rarrabuwa tsakanin La Bassée Canal da kuma wani yanki a arewacin Givenchy (1/7KR a hannun dama, 1/5KR a hagu, da 1/6KR a duka tallafi da matsayi na ajiya); daga abin da Brigade na 165 ya riƙe layin arewa zuwa Festubert (1/4KORL a hannun dama, 1/4LR a hagu, tare da 2/5LF a tallafi). Coop ya bayyana sojojin soji a matsayin wanda aka ba shi aikin "kiyaye matsayinsu har zuwa ƙarshe, ba tare da la'akari da ko an kewaye su ba ko kuma kewaye da su" da kuma ƙaddamar da "nan da nan na gida counter-attack [s]", wanda aka yi nazari a cikin horo.