 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Chitubu cha1916 chakaona 182nd Tunnelling Company ichienda kuBerthonval nekuvakwa kwenzira dzepasi muZouave Valley paVimy Ridge. Vimy yakanga iri nzvimbo yebasa rakabatikana repasi pevhu kwechikamu chikuru chehondo. Vacheri vemigodhi vokuBritain vakanga vatora migodhi munharaunda yacho zvishoma nezvishoma kubva kuvaFrench pakati paFebruary naMay 1916. Kubvira muchirimo cha1916, vokuBritain vakanga vaisa makambani mashanu okuchera migero pedyo neVimy Ridge, uye mumwedzi miviri yokutanga yokuva kwavo munzvimbo yacho, zvimbambaira 70 zvakapfurwa, zvikurukuru navaGermany. Pakati paOctober 1915 naApril 1917 zvinokarakadzwa kuti zvinopfura 150 zveFrance, zveBritain uye zveGermany zvakapfurwa munharaunda iyi yeWestern Front. Muna May 1916, kurwisa kwevarwi vokuGermany, uko kwakamanikidza vokuBritain kuti vadzokere shure, kwakanga kwakanangidzirwa pakuderedza basa rokuchera rokuBritain kupfurikidza nokutora mikova yemigodhi. Zvisinei, kubva muna June 1916, vaGermany vakabvisa vashandi vakawanda vemumigodhi kuti vashande paHindenburg Line uyewo kuti vashande mumigodhi yemarasha muGermany. Muchikamu chechipiri cha1916 maBritish akavaka nzvimbo dzakasimba dzepasi pevhu, uye kubva muna Nyamavhuvhu 1916, maRoyal Engineers akagadzira hurongwa hwekuchera kuti vatsigire kurwiswa kwevanhu vakawanda paVimy Ridge yakarongerwa gore ra1916, kunyange zvazvo izvi zvakazosundirwa. Pashure paSeptember 1916, apo Royal Engineers yakanga yapedza nhepfenyuro yayo yemigwagwa yokudzivirira pamativi ose epamberi, kuchera kunoparadza kwakaguma zvikuru kunyange zvazvo mabasa akapfuurira kusvikira muna 1917. Nhepfenyuro yeBritish gallery pasi peVimy Ridge pakupedzisira yakakura kusvika pakureba. 