Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akaramba ari muuto racho kusvikira muna 1917, apo rakarwa muHondo yechitatu yeYpres, uye muna 1918, apo rakatanga gore racho richibata nzvimbo yakavhurika pamuganhu pakati peChitatu neChishanu Mauto. Yakarwiswa zvikuru muna
Operation Michael, chikamu chokutanga chechiGermany chemuchirimo chemuchirimo chaMarch 1918, uye zvose zviri zviviri uye vavakidzani VII Corps vakamanikidzwa kudzokera shure, vachisiya mukaha mumitsara yeBritish. Mutoro weizvi wakanga uri nyaya yekukakavadzana kwenhoroondo kwemakumi emakore, asi mhinduro panguva iyoyo yakanga isinganzwisisiki; zvose zviri zviviri Fanshawe nemutungamiri weVII Corps, Walter Congreve, vakabviswa mumutungamiri.