 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Maererano nomunyori wenhau dzakaitika G. W. L. Nicholson, The Somme offensiveyakanga isina vavariro huru dzenzvimbo. Chinangwa chayo chaiva nezvinhu zvitatu kuderedza kumanikidzwa kwemauto eFrance paVerdun, kuita kuti mauto eGermany arasikirwe zvakanyanya sezvinobvira, uye kubatsira vavakidzani pane dzimwe nhandare nokudzivisa kumwezve kutamisirwa kwemauto eGermany kubva kumadokero. Canadian Corps yakaumbwa mushure mekugamuchira 2nd ne3rd uye gare gare, 4th zvikamu. Mutungamiri wayo wokutanga akanga ari Lieutenant-General Edwin Alderson, uyo akakurumidza kutsiviwa naLieutenant-General Julian Byng, munguva yekurwisa kurwisa kweGermany paMont Sorrel muYpres sector munaJune 1916. apo vazhinji veBEF vakanga vachienda kuSomme. Mukurwisana uku, Major-General Malcolm Mercer, mutungamiri we3rd Division yakanga ichangobva kuumbwa akaurayiwa; ndiye aiva mukuru mukuru weCanada akaurayiwa muhondo. 