Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Pakutanga kwa1918, pashure pokuparara kweRussia uye kuguma kwokurwisana paEastern Front, vaGermany vakaunganidza mauto avo kumadokero ndokutanga kurwisa kukuru, uko kwakazozivikanwa seSpring Offensive. Sezvo maAllies akadzoserwa shure nechiito chokurwisa, mapoka eAustralia akaendeswa kumaodzanyemba kuSomme kuti abatsire kudzikisira kufambira mberi kweGermany. Mukati meizvi, 53rd Battalion yakachengetedza nzvimbo dzekuzvidzivirira kuchamhembe kweVillers-Bretonneux, ichichengetedza nzvimbo dzayo kunyange zvazvo guta rakawira mumaoko echiGerman munguva ye
Hondo Yechipiri yeVillers-Bretonneux. Apo Allied Mazuva zana Kurwisa kwakatanga muna Nyamavhuvhu, 53rd Battalion yakanga isingabatanidzwe pakutanga kunyange pedyo nekupera kwemwedzi, pamwe chete nevamwe vese ve14th Brigade vaive vakazvipira kurwisana nePéronne, ne 53rd Battalion ichirwisa Anvil Wood panguva yehondo yeMont Saint-Quentin. Nokuda kwezviito zvake mukati mokurwa, mumwe mutezo webato racho, William Currey, gare gare akapiwa Victoria Cross.