Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Akagara neuto racho muna 1917, apo rakarwa muHondo yechitatu yeYpres, uye muna 1918, apo rakatanga gore racho riine nzvimbo yakavhurika pamuganhu pakati peChitatu neChishanu Mauto. Yakarwiswa zvikuru muOperation Michael
, danho rokutanga reGermany spring offensive yaMarch 1918, uye zvose zviri zviviri uye vavakidzani VII Corps vakamanikidzwa kudzokera, 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.