 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Hondo yemumigodhi yakapararira muna 1915, uye BEF - semubatsiri mudiki kuWestern Front - yakarwisana nehondo diki, dzimwe nguva ichibatanidzwa nekurwiswa kukuru kweFrance, seHondo yeNeuve Chapelle iyo inogara ichibatanidzwa nedambudziko remagaro, Hondo yeAubers Ridge, Hondo yeFestubert muna Chivabvu uye Hondo yeGivenchy muna Chikumi. Musi waApril 22, 1915, Mauto eGermany akatanga Hondo yeYpres yeChipiri, achishandisa gasi rine chepfu kekutanga kuWestern Front uye achitora nzvimbo zhinji dzakakwirira dzakanga dzakapoteredza salient. Pakazosvika Nyamavhuvhu 1915, BEF yakanga yakura muhukuru neyekutanga yeKitcheners New Army zvikamu zvinopinda mumutsara, uye sechikamu chechitatu Hondo yeArtois, BEF yakatanga kurwisa kukuru, Hondo yeLoos, ichishandisa zvombo zvayo zvitsva zvemakemikari kekutanga. Kukundikana kwakazotevera kwakaratidzira mugumo waFeld Marshal French. Musi wa 19 Zvita 1915, General Sir Douglas Haig vakamutsiva sa Commander-in-Chief C-in-C weBEF. 