 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Muna 1915 hondo yemumapako yakatanga nemativi ose ari maviri achigadzira dziviriro dzisingakundiki; zvichitungamirira kukufa kukuru mukutsinhana nezvikomborero zviduku. Muhondo yeFestubert916 Chivabvu iyo yakatangwa kutsigira kurwisa kweFrance kumaodzanyemba kweVimy Ridge uye yaisanganisira yekutanga yeBritish husiku hwehondo yechipiri Ox neBucks vaive chikamu chechipiri chechipiri che5th Brigade kurwisa uye, panguva yehondo, vakatambura zvishoma pasi pevanhu mazana mana: huwandu hukuru hwakaramba huripo muhondo imwechete kubvira pakukombwa kweBadajoz makore anopfuura zana apfuura. 2nd Ox uye Bucks vakabatanidzwa mukurwisana kwakasimba paRichebourg lAvoue musi wa 15-16 May. The 2nd Ox uye Bucks uye mamwe battalions of the regiment akaonawo chiito paHondo yeLoos 25 Gunyana 8 Gumiguru: 2nd Ox uye Bucks vakatora chikamu mukurwiswa kweGivenchy ne263 vakafa musi wa25 Gunyana. The Ox and Bucks 5th Service Battalion yakapinda muHondo yeLoos musi wa25 Gunyana 1915 iine simba revakuru vakuru 17 nevarume 767 uye vakuru vaviri chete nevarume 180 vakapona muhondo. The 2nd Battalion akatora chikamu mune kumwe kurwisa Hohenzollern Redoubt 13-19 October. Pashure pehondo yeLoos vashoma vasati va1914 2nd Ox neBucks maofficial vakasara, vakanga vava vakaurayiwa kana kusimudzirwa kuti vatore nzvimbo mune mamwe mabhatani. Mubairo wekushinga wakapihwa kunhengo dzebhataundi nekuda kweushingi panguva yehondo yeLoos yaisanganisira mubairo weMenduru dzeMufambiro wakasarudzika kuna CSM Fred Clare uye kuna Acting Corporal Horace Duester. 