Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Pakutanga kwa1918, vaGermany vakatanga kurwisa kukuru kuWestern Front pashure pokunge kuparara kweCzarist Russia kwavabvumira kuisa pfungwa dzavo kumadokero. Mukupera kwaMarch, sezvo maAllies akadzoserwa kumashure akananga kuAmiens njanji yakakosha uye mamiriro ezvinhu akava asina tariro, 40th Battalion yakakurumidza kupinda munzvimbo yekudzivirira pakati perwizi Ancre neSomme. Bhatani racho rakazorwa panguva yeHondo yeSomme
, apo vakabetsera kudzivisa kurwisa kweGermany paMorlancourt. Mukurwisana kwemazuva matatu, battalion yacho yakarasikirwa zvikuru, ichirasikirwa nevarume 225, asi yakarova zvakakomba, ichifambira mberi uye ichichengetedza nzvimbo inokosha inotarisa Amiens. Nhevedzano yezviito zviduku <unk> zvakatumidzwa kuti "kupinda murunyararo" <unk> zvakatevera sezvo kufambira mberi kweGermany kwakaderedzwa. Muna August naSeptember, pashure pokunge vaAllies vatanga kurwisa kwavo, uko pakupedzisira kwakagumisa hondo, battalion yakabatsira kudzinga vaGermany kudzokera kuHindenburg Line. Sergeant Percy Statton akapiwa Victoria Cross nokuda kwezviito pedyo neProyart pakati paAugust, achitungamirira boka duku revarume mberi kuparadza zvigaro zvina zveGermany zvaive zvichitsigira mberi kwevaAustralia, vasati vatakura varume vaviri vakakuvadzwa, pavakanga vari pasi pemoto.