Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi wa 21 March, Germany yakatanga kurwisa
Rwokuvhuvhuta rwavo rweChirimo, urwo rwaiva nechinangwa chokurova kamwe chete, kunogumisa, kuhwina hondo. Kurwisa kwokutanga kwakanga kuri munharaunda yeSaint-Quentin. Chinangwa chacho chakanga chiri chokukonzera kukundwa kwakadaro pamauto eBritain zvokuti nyika yaizosiya hondo, iyo yaizomanikidza vaFrance kukumbira rugare. Vachiziva nezvekurwisa kweGermany kwakanga kusati kwasvika, boka racho rakagadzirira, izvo zvaisanganisira kurongazve mutsara wepamberi, uye kupfura kwezvombo zvehondo zvemaGerman. Yokupedzisira yaibatanidzawo kushandiswa kwemagasi 500. Mapurisa ehusiku akaitwa, nechikamu chinokwanisa kupinda muGermany pamberi pemutsara nguva dzose pasina kusangana nekupikiswa. Musi wa 8 April, 166th Brigade yakarairwa kuti ibvise brigade yechiPutukezi kuruboshwe rwechikamu; kuendeswa kwacho kwakarongerwa 9 April. Panguva ino, 164th Brigade yakabata nzvimbo kurudyi kwechikamu pakati peLa Bassée Canal uye poindi kuchamhembe kweGivenchy (iyo 1/7KR kurudyi, iyo 1/5KR kuruboshwe, uye iyo 1/6KR mune zvese rutsigiro uye nzvimbo dzekuchengetedza); kubva iyo 165th Brigade yakabata mutsetse kuchamhembe kuenda kuFestubert (1/4KORL kurudyi, 1/4LR kuruboshwe, iine 2/5LF mukutsigira). Coop akarondedzera kuti mauto ehondo aiva nebasa rokuti "arambe ari panzvimbo dzawo kusvikira pakupedzisira, pasinei nokuti akanga akundwa kana kuti akakombwa" uye kuti atange "kurwisa nokukurumidza", izvo zvakanga zvadzidzwa mukurovedza.