Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Ndị agha nke XVIII nke Maxse sonyekwara na ịgbachitere ndị agha nke ise nke ndị agha megide mwakpo German Spring
, malite na March 21, 1918. N'elekere 10.45 nke ụtụtụ na 22 Machị Gough nyere ndị isi ndị agha iwu ka ha laghachi azụ, ma ọ bụrụ na a wakporo ha nke ukwuu, gaa n'ihu ihu ("Green Line" n'ihu Somme <unk> na omume ntakịrị karịa akara akara na waya) nke mpaghara azụ. Ndị isi ndị agha nke ise gwakwara ndị isi ndị agha banyere nkwado ndị France na-abịanụ na olileanya Gough ịdọrọ III Corps iji mepụta nchekwa. Mgbe ọ natara ozi ndị a n'ihe dị ka n'etiti ehihie, Maxse nyere iwu ka ndị XVIII Corps wepụ ozugbo, na-enweghị mkpuchi nke ọkụ ọkụ, ha laghachiri azụ n'azụ Somme kpamkpam na mgbede ahụ. Gough gbalịrị igbochi Maxse ịpụ mgbe ọ nụrụ banyere ya, mana oge agaala. Ndị Watts XIX Corps nọ n'aka ekpe nke Maxse gbakwara ọsọ.