 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - The Gloucestershire Regiment yakatambura kurasikirwa kwayo kwekutanga kwehondo musi wa26 Nyamavhuvhu 1914 panguva yekudzokera kubva kuMons, apo 1st Battalion yakarwira kumashure kwechiitiko munzvimbo yeLandrecies, kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kweMons, ichirasikirwa ne5 vakaurayiwa uye 30 vakakuvara vasati vadzokera pamwe chete ne1st Division. Pakasvika nguva apo kudzokera shure kwakapera bataiyoni rakanga rapfuura mamaira 320 mumazuva 13 bedzi. Sezvo maGermany akadzokera kuAisne, mauto eAnglo-French akaenda kunorwisa, uye musi wa13 Gunyana 1st Division yakatanga kuyambuka rwizi, chinangwa chavo chiri Chemin des Dames ridge munzvimbo yeCerny neCourtécon. Zuva rakatevera racho kurwisa kweGermany kwakadzorera shure 2nd Brigade yechikamu, uye Glosters B uye C Makambani akafukidza kudzoka kweiyo zvino yakafumurwa 1st Brigade. Nokuda kwezviito zvavo, 2nd Lieutenant Watkins weC Company akapiwa Military Cross MC, uye Privatees Orr uye Mutemo weD Company vakapiwa Distinguished Conduct Medal DCM, yekutanga mibairo yakadaro kuhurumende muhondo. Pakazosvika nguva iyo BEF yakaenda kuYpres pakati paOctober, huwandu hwekufa kwebhationi muhondo dzakapoteredza rwizi Aisneyakanga yakwira kusvika kuvakuru vakuru nevarume 150. 