Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mwedzi mumwe chetewo, Mutungamiriri Mukuru weFrance, Mukuru Mukuru Robert Nivelle, akarayira kudenha kutsva mumakomba eGermany, achivimbisa kuti kwaizogumisa hondo mukati maawa 48. Kurwisa kwaApril 16, kunonzi Nivelle Offensive (inozivikanwawo seHondo yechipiri yeAisne
, pashure penzvimbo umo kurwisa kwakaitika), kwaizova nevarume vane mamiriyoni 1,2 vakasimba, vachitangirwa nokupfura kwezvombo zvehondo kwevhiki rose uye vachiperekedzwa nematangi. Kurwisa kwacho hakuna kubudirira zvakanaka sezvo mauto eFrance, achibatsirwa nemapoka maviri eRussia, aifanira kufamba munzvimbo isina kuenzana, ine makomo mumamiriro okunze akaipa zvikuru. Kuronga kwakanga kwavhiringidzwa nokuzvipira kweGermany kudzokera kuHindenburg Line. Chakavanzika chakanga chavhiringidzwa uye ndege dzeGermany dzakanga dzawana simba rokurwisa mudenga, zvichiita kuti kuongorora kuve kwakaoma uye munzvimbo dzakati, kuputika kwehondo kwaifamba nokukurumidza zvikuru nokuda kwemauto eFrance. Mukati mevhiki vaFrench vakatambura kurasikirwa navanhu 120 000. Pasinei nokurasikirwa uye vimbiso yake yokumisa kurwisa kwacho kana kwakanga kusina kubudirira, Nivelle akarayira kuti kurwisa kupfuurire muna May.