Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - VaAustralia vakapedza nguva yechando muBelgium panguva iyo yavakaita zviito zvekudzivirira sezvo vaibata nzvimbo dzakasiyana-siyana mumutsetse, asi mukutanga kwa1918 vakaendeswa kumaodzanyemba kuSomme Valley. Mushure mekuparara kweCzarist Russia mukupera kwa1917, maGerman akakwanisa kuendesa huwandu hwakawanda hwemidziyo nevashandi kubva kuEastern Front kuenda kuWestern Front uye vakazotanga Spring Offensive yavo munaKurume. Vachiwira kumaodzanyemba kwemaflanks echikamu chakachengetwa neBritish Third neFifth Mauto, kurwisa kwakatanga kubudirira kudzosera maAllies kumashure uye mukupera kwaKurume, sezvo maGerman akavhara pachitima chakakosha chakakomberedza Amiens, zvikamu zvishanu zveAustralia, izvo zvaive zvakapatsanurwa pamwechete sechikamu cheAustralia Corps, zvakaendeswa kuSomme kuti vabatsire kupwanya kurwisa. Chikamu chechina chakatora nzvimbo dzakatenderedza Dernancourt, padivi peRwizi Ancre, uye musi wa5 Kubvumbi vakatamba chikamu chakakosha pakurwisa kurwiswa kweGerman ipapo panguva yeChipiri Hondo yeDernancourt, uko mumashoko emunyori Chris Coulthard-Clark, Chikamu chechina "chakatarisana nekurwiswa kwakasimba kwakatarisana nevaAustralia panguva yehondo". Kune rumwe rutivi, 49th Battalion, yakatsigirwa nechikamu che45th, yakaisa mukurwisa kwakakosha mumasikati masikati pakati pemvura zhinji, iyo yakaponesa mamiriro ezvinhu evaAustralia, avo mutsara wavo wakange wapindirwa nechiGerman kurwisa kuyambuka bhiriji rechitima kumadokero kweguta; mukuita kudaro vakatambura zvakanyanya, kunyange zvakadaro, vakarasikirwa nevakuru gumi nevaviri uye vamwe makumi maviri nevatanhatu. Gare gare mumwedzi iwoyo, vakatora rutivi muHondo yechipiri yeVillers-Bretonneux
, achitanga kurwisa kwezuva reAnzac iro rakabudirira kutorazve guta, iro rakanga rarasika zuva rapfuura zvichitevera kurwiswa nemapoka mana eGerman.