Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Vhiki rimwe gare gare kurwisa kweFrance kwakanga kwakamirirwa kwakavamba, kuchityaira kuchamhembe kubva ku
Rwizi rwaAisne, pashure pemazuva matanhatu okurwiswa zvine simba, uto ravo raiva pasi rakanga raendeswa mberi nematanki 128, kurwisa kwokutanga kwematanki akawanda. Nivelle aiziva kuti vaGermany vakanga vatora zvirongwa zvake zvakadzama masvondo anoverengeka akanga apfuura, asi akavatevera zvisinei. Mitsetse miviri yokutanga yeGermany yakatorwa nemutengo mukuru uye vaFrench vakasundira mberi zvishoma nezvishoma sezvo dziviriro yakadzokera kumutsetse wavo mukuru wokuramba yakanga iri kure nechipikirwa chaNivelle chokufambira mberi kwezuva rokutanga. Kurwiswa kwakaguma mukuvamba kwaMay apo mapoka mazhinji echiFrench akaramba kurwisa. VaGermany havana kumboziva ukuru hwokushaya simba kwomuvengi wavo. Nivelle akatsiviwa naPétain.