Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - PaLoos, muna January naFebruary 1916, boka racho rakatanga kurwisana mumakomba uye rakatambura zvikuru muHondo yeHulluch. Vashandi vakapinda mumakomba echiGermany muna May naJune. Mukupera kwaJuly vakatamisirwa kuSomme Valley uko vakabatanidzwa zvikuru muHondo yeSomme. Lieutenant General Hubert Gough, mutungamiri weBritish Fifth Army, akanga akumbira, pakupera kwa1915, kuti chikamu chiiswe pasi pehutungamiri hwake, uye akanga asimbisa chikoro chekutanga chekudzidzisa vakuru vechidiki. Chikamu chechi16 chakaita basa rinokosha mukutora mataundi eGuillemont neGinchy
, kunyange zvazvo vakatambura kurasikirwa kukuru. Munguva yezviito izvi zvakabudirira pakati pa1 na10 Gunyana kurasikirwa kwakasvika ku224 maofficial nevarume ve4,090; kunyangwe nekurasikirwa kwakanyanya uku, chikamu chakawana mukurumbira sevarwi vekutanga-kirasi. Pavarume 10 845 vose zvavo, yakanga yarasikirwa ne3 491 paLoos sector pakati paJanuary nekupera kwaMay 1916, kusanganisira kurasikirwa kukuru kubva pakuputika uye kurwisa kwegasi paHullach muna April. Kudeura ropa kweiyi hurongwa kwakanga kuchikuvadza hunhu hwechikamu, nokuti kwaifanira kugadziriswa nemadhirowa aibva kuEngland.