Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Chikamu chechi55 chakatanga kurwisa kwayo yekutanga paGuillemont mambakwedza musi wa8 Nyamavhuvhu, ichitsigirwa nepfuti dzechikamu ichi dzichipfura chimbo chitsva cheCreeping barrage. Zvisinei, nzvimbo yokurwisa yakadziviswa uye dutu racho raifanira kudzorerwa. Pakupedzisira kurwisa kwacho kwakakundikana nokurasikirwa kukuru, sezvakaita kuvandudzwa kwacho mangwanani akatevera, apo varwi vaifamba netsoka vakafambira mberi pasina bhomba rokutanga asi vakadzivirirwa nebharaji rinokambaira. Chikamu chakaita kumwe kurwisa kwakakundikana paGuillemont musi wa12 Nyamavhuvhu. Zvokupfura zvakarara kwenguva pfupi musi wa15 Nyamavhuvhu, asi zvakadzokera mukuita kwekutanga kwaGunyana kurwira paSomme: hondo dzeGuillemont (4 kusvika 6 Gunyana) neGinchy
(Gunyana 9). Yokupedzisira yakanga iri kurwisa kwemasikati pashure pokunge uta hwomumunda hwaita bhomba rakanga raitwa nemaune mumangwanani, rakateverwa nokudzinga chimbambaira chakazivikanwa zvino chinokambaira. Kurwisa kwacho kwakanga kuchibudirira bedzi, asi chikamu chakaona migumisiro iri nani mukurwisa kwayo Gueudecourt munguva yeHondo yeMorval (25 September). Panguva ino uto raipfura rairamba riri pedyo nechimbichimbi chavo uye rakatora chinangwa chavo chokutanga nechipiri zviri nyore. Vakadzokorora kubudirira mazuva maviri gare gare mukutora dzimwe nzvimbo dzakasimba dzechiGerman uye muvengi ari kudzokera kumashure akabatwa pachena nepfuti dzezvikamu, izvo zvakare zvakaputsa kurwisa kwechiGerman. Kurasikirwa muuto rekupfura pfuti mukati meAugust kwakanga kwakanyanya kukonzerwa netsaona dzakadai sekuputika kusati kwaitika kwemarasha asina kukwana, uye munaGunyana akanga akaiswa mumitsara yemabhazi, ayo airwiswa usiku. Zvombo zvacho zvakabviswa musi wa 28 September ndokuendeswa kuYpres Salient.