Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kurwisa kwaNivelle (Hondo yechipiri yeAisne
) rakakundikana kuita chinangwa chayo chikuru chokukunda hondo. Nemutengo wevanhu vakawanda vakafa, kurwisa kwacho kwakapedza simba reGermany uye kwakakunda dzimwe nzvimbo dzinokosha. Kurwiswa kwamatangi eFrance kwakanga kwatangwawo pedyo neBerry-au-Bac asi hafu yetangi reSchneider CA1 rakanga rakabatanidzwa rakaparadzwa. Nivelle akabviswa pabasa rake musi wa15 Chivabvu 1917 uye akatsiviwa naGeneral Philippe Pétain. Hondo yakafanana ingadai yakarangarirwa seyakanga yakafanana muna 1915 asi muna 1917, pashure pokurasikirwa kukuru paHondo yeVerdun neHondo yeSomme, pfungwa dzevarwi dzakanga dzisina kusimba. Kukundikana kwakarongwa uye kuurayiwa kwevanhu kwakakonzera kuti masoja echiFrench, ayo akanga achishingaira mazuva mashomanana akanga apfuura, atye zvikuru. Kupinda kweU.S. muhondo mukuvamba kwaApril 1917 kwakasangana nomufaro muFrance.