Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - E guzobere ya ọzọ mgbe agha March gasịrị, e zigara Ngalaba nke 62 na July iji wusie ndị agha France ike na-alụ ọgụ na Marne
Ọ dị mma. A kwụsịrị mwakpo ikpeazụ nke ndị Germany ma ndị France gafere ozugbo na mwakpo ahụ, na ngalaba ndị Britain na-awakpo ndagwurugwu Adre na Agha nke Tardenois. Ha emeela njem dị ogologo, ebe enyemaka ha nyere ndị France gbanwere n'ịga n'ihu. Mwakpo ahụ malitere n'elekere asatọ nke abalị iri abụọ n'ọnwa Julaị n'azụ ebe a na-agba bọmbụ. Ọganihu dị n'ugwu ahụ bụ nwayọ nwayọ: na 22 Julaị, e zigara ụlọ ọrụ abụọ nke 1/5th Devons iji nyere aka &lt;a href="186th%20%282/2nd%20West%20Riding%29%20Brigade"&gt;186th (2/2nd West Riding) Brigade&lt;/a&gt; na-awakpo ọnọdụ ndị German na-enye nsogbu na Bois du Petit Champ. Agha ahụ dị nso n'ime ahịhịa na-eto eto na n'otu oge, a gbara ụlọ ọrụ nke &lt;a href="Huddersfield%20Rifles"&gt; 2/5th Duke of Wellington's Regiment&lt;/a&gt; gburugburu na ndị lanarịrịnụ ga-egbutu ụzọ ha, mana site na mgbede, a kpochapụrụ mpaghara ahụ na ihe onye ọkọ akụkọ ihe mere eme West Riding kọwara dị ka 'obere ụlọ ọrụ obi ike'. Na 28 Julaị 1/5th Devons kwadoro &lt;a href="Leeds%20Rifles"&gt;2/8th West Yorkshires&lt;/a&gt; na 'ọgụ na-egbuke egbuke na Montagne de Bligny'. Ọ malitere n'elekere anọ nke ụtụtụ n'ọchịchịrị na alụlụụ. Ndị Devons ruru ebumnuche ha n'ụkwụ ugwu ahụ site na 07.00 tupu ha adọta ọkụ ndị iro; ndị West Yorkshire wee gbaba n'ugwu ahụ ma weghara ọtụtụ ọnọdụ dị mkpa, n'agbanyeghị nnukwu ọnwụ (nke 1/5 Devons tara ahụhụ 388 gburu ma merụọ ahụ na ọrụ a). Mgbe agha ahụ gasịrị, onye isi ndị West Riding Division degaara Devonshire Territorial Association akwụkwọ na-ekele ha maka enyemaka battalion nyere ndị Yorkshire ya.