Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kurwisa kwechirimo kweGermany kwakavhurwa musi wa 21 March 1918 neOperation Michael
uye akawana pfuma yakawanda. Masikati iwayo CLV Bde yakatumirwa ichibva kuGHQ Reserve kunosimbisa Third Army. Yakabatana neGuards Division ichisimbisa VI Corps musi wa 23 Kurume. Varindi vakatora nzvimbo mu'Third System' yemakomba okuchengetera pedyo neMercatel. Musi wa 25 Kurume kwaive nekufamba kukuru kweGerman pamberi peGuards Division, asi chero kuyedza kufambira mberi kwakaputswa neBritish artillery. Zvisinei, nechikamu chayo'mumhepo' VI Corps yakamanikidzwa kujoina mumudyandigere mukuru mukati mehusiku, ichitenderedza nzvimbo dzeVarindi. Zuva rakatevera racho mauto echiGermany aifambira mberi uye mapurisa airwisa "zvinangwa zvinoshamisa" maererano nomutungamiriri wevarindi, uye CLV Bde yakanga iri mubasa pedyo neHendecourt kubva mangwanani zvichienda mberi. Kwemazuva matatu akatevera kurwisa kweGerman kwakadzokororwa 'kwakanyangarika' mukutarisana nepfuti nemapurisa, sezvo maGuardi akabata pivot point yakatenderedza Boisleux-au-Mont neBoisleux-Saint-Marc. Musi wa 28 Kurume maGerman akavandudza nhamburiko dzavo pakurwisa iyi hinge yekuchamhembe yemutsetse weBritish wakakomberedza Arras. Zvisinei, moto wechiGerman weCB wakanga usina kukwana uye zvombo zveBritish zvakabatsira kumisa kurwisa kweGerman. Imwezve nhamburiko musi wa30 Kurume yakasangana nemabhatiri ose epamberi evaperekedzi vaipfura pamitsetse ye'SOS' pamwe neapo neapo 'rakes' yemisha yakatorwa nemuvengi: varwisi vakapa 'zvinangwa zvakanaka' zvepfuti. Pakupera kwezuva racho varindi vakanga vachakabata nzvimbo dzavo. Nokukundikana uku kurwisa kweGermany pachikamu ichi kwakaguma pana 31 March.