Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: 173rd Bde yakanga isina kubatanidzwa nemamwe mapoka muhondo yekutanga yeVillers-Bretonneux, asi yaive yakamira pamberi pechikamu chechikamu (3rd Bn kurudyi, 2/2nd Bn pakati uye 2/4th Bn kuruboshwe) apo Mauto echipiri eGerman akatanga kurwisa.
Hondo yechipiri yeVillers-Bretonneux musi wa24 April. Mvura yeGermany yakawira pa 04.00, kusanganisira chikamu chikuru chemagasi, uye yakakonzera kukuvara kwakakomba kumakambani anodzivirira. Kurwiswa kwacho kwakaitika panguva dzakasiyana. PaHangard Wood pakati, 2/2nd Bn yakarwiswa kuma 06.00, uye maroketi eSOS aishevedza rutsigiro rwezvombo zvehondo haana kuonekwa nekuda kwemhute. Apo shoko rakasvika kuzvombo zvechiBritish kupfura kwavo kwakakundikana, pavadziviriri. Kunyange zvakadaro, makambani matatu epamberi akatsigira nzvimbo yawo. 2/4th Battalion kuruboshwe yakarwiswa kunze kwemhute nematanhatu ematanki eGerman A7V uye yakadzokera kumashure, ichifumura divi re2/2nd Bn. C Company ye 2/2nd yakatumirwa kumusoro sesimba, kutakura zvombo zvekuwedzera, asi mauto echiGerman akapinda mukati akanga atodimbura D Company uye akanga achishanda kumashure kwe2/2nd Bn's HQ. Zvisinei, 2/4th yakakurumidza kuona kuti matangi akanga achifamba zvisina maturo, saka vakaungana pamutsetse wekambani HQ uye vakabva vadzokera zvishoma nezvishoma. Vakaparira kurasikirwa kukuru pamasaisai matatu akatevera evapfuuri veGermany, pakupedzisira vachivamisa paCachy Switch trench. 2/4th Bn's support company yakapotsa yadimburwa asi yakarwawo nzira yayo kudzokera kuSwitch. Pfuti ye18-pounder yakaendeswa kuHQ ye2/4th Bn, uko yakadzosa matangi echiGerman akasara. 3rd Bn yakaramba yakabata nzvimbo yayo. Kamwe bedzi mhute yacho payakanga yapera, kurwisa kwechipiri kwechiGermany kwakaparadzwa nokupfura kwezvombo. Kuruboshwe, Villers-Bretonneux yakanga yabatwa asi kurwisa usiku ihwohwo kwakadzorera matongo uye nzvimbo zhinji dzakarasika.