Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Maxse's XVIII Corps yakaitawo chikamu mukudzivirira kweChishanu Army kurwisa
Kurwisa kweGermany kweChirimo, kwakatanga musi wa 21 March 1918. Panguva dza10: 45 mangwanani musi wa22 Kurume Gough akapa mirairo yakanyorwa kuvakuru vemapoka kuti vadzokere, kana vakarwiswa zvakanyanya, kuenda kumberi ("Green Line" pamberi peSomme <unk> mukuita zvishoma kupfuura mutsara wezviratidzo uye waya) yeRear Zone. Vatungamiri vehondo yechishanu vakaudzawo vatungamiri vemapoka pamusoro pekusimbiswa kweFrance uye tariro yaGough yekubvisa III Corps kuti iite chengetedzo. Pakugamuchira mashoko aya panenge masikati, Maxse akarayira XVIII Corps kuti ibve pakarepo, pasina chifukidzo chemoto wemapurisa, uye vakadzokera shure kweSomme zvachose manheru iwayo. Gough akaedza kumisa kubviswa kwaMaxse paakanzwa nezvazvo, asi kwakanga kwave kunonoka. Watts XIX Corps kuruboshwe kwaMaxse aifanirawo kudzokera shure.