 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pakutanga kwaJanuary 1915 Haig akadana Trenchard kuti atsanangure zvaigona kuwanwa muhondo yemumhepo. Munguva yemusangano, Haig akaunza kuvimba kwake pamusoro pezvirongwa zveFirst Army zvekurwisa munaKurume mudunhu reMerville Neuve Chapelle. Mushure mokunge kuongorora kwemifananidzo kunobva mudenga kwaunganidzwa, zvirongwa zveBritain zvekurwisa zvakagadziridzwa muna February semhedzisiro. Munguva yeHondo yeNeuve Chapelle muna Kurume R.F.C., uye kunyanya First Wing, vakatsigira basa racho. Aka kaiva kekutanga kuti ndege dzishandiswe sebhomba rine zvombo zvakasungirirwa kumapapiro uye fuselage kusiyana nekubudiswa nemaoko kwakanga kwaitika kare muhondo. Zvisinei, kubhomba kubva mudenga kwakanga kusina simba rakakura nemhaka yokurema kwakaganhurirwa kwemutoro, uye Royal Artillery yakaregeredza mashoko akapiwa nevatyairi veR.F.C. Pamberi pekurwisa kweBritish First Army paYpres neAubers RidgeMuna April naMay, mapoka eFirst Wing akabhururuka achiongorora achishandisa makamera omudenga pamusoro pemitsetse yeGermany. Pasinei nemashoko akajeka aya akapa uye kuvandudzwa kwekubatana kwemhepo-zvombo zvehondo panguva yehondo, zvinopesana zvaive zvisina kukwana. Pakupera kwechiitiko ichi Henderson akapa Trenchard nzvimbo semukuru wake wevashandi. Akaramba kupiwa basa racho, achitaura kuti akanga asina kukodzera basa racho, kunyange zvazvo chishuvo chake chokuva mutungamiriri chingave chakanga chiri chikonzero chaicho. Chero zvazvingava, izvi hazvina kumutadzisa kukwidziridzwa kuva mukuru mukuru muna June 1915. 