Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - OHL ipapo yakachinjira kurwisa kuChampagne, kuti ibvise mauto eFrance ayo akanga atumwa kunobatsira maBritish muFlanders. Kufambira mberi kweGermany muHondo yechitatu yeAisne
rakanga riri rinoshamisa zvikurusa, ivo vakasvika mhenderekedzo yokurudyi yorwizi Marne, bedzi vachibva Paris, iyo hurumende yeFrance yakagadzirira kubvisa. OHL yakasarudza kuti vaifanira kuwedzera nzvimbo iyi, kuitira kuti vakwanise kutakura zvinhu zvakakwana kuti vaende kuParis. Muchikamu chechikamu chakarwiswa, mutsara wepamberi wechiFrench wakanga uri nyore uye wakapfuura nyore asi sezvavakapfuurira mberi varwi vasina kutarisirwa vakasangana nemutsara mukuru wekudzivirira, kunze kwehuwandu hwezvombo zveGermany, kwavakamiswa.