 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - The 8th Division yakatumirwa kuFrance muna November 1914; pakarepo mushure mekusvika, mabhatani maviri akaiswa kuti agadzire chikamu chemutsara wepamberi kwevhiki mukati mematanho ekupedzisa eHondo Yekutanga yeYpres. Zvisinei, brigade haina kuona chiito chayo chikuru pasi pehutungamiri hwaPinney kusvikira 10 March 1915, apo yakazvipira kuita sechikamu cheHondo yeNeuve Chapelle. 23rd Brigade yakasangana nekupikiswa kwakasimba payakatanga kurwisa kwayo, nekuda kwekutadza kwepfuti yechikamu kurwisa chikamu chikuru chevanodzivirira; 2nd Middlesex, ichiita kurwisa kumberi, yakatsakatiswa zvachose. Imwe battalion inotungamirira yebrigade, 2nd Cameronians, yakasungwa kubva kunzvimbo isina kukuvara uye yakarasikirwa zvakanyanya, kurasikirwa nevakuru vakuru vayo uye kudzokera mukukanganiswa. Pinney akakurumidza kuziva izvi - akanga ari mamita mazana maviri chete kubva pamutsetse wapamberi - uye akasarudza kupfuurira kurwisa. Sezvo akanga asingakwanisi kudana rutsigiro rwezvombo zvehondo, nzira bedzi yaibvira yakanga iri yokutumira mapoka maviri okuchengetera. Kurwisa kwechipiri kwakatambura kurasikirwa kukuru pakutanga, uye nekukurumidza kwaifanira kudzoserwa pakangoonekwa kuti pfuti dzechikwata chaive kuda kupfura panzvimbo dzairwiswa; maDevonshires neWest Yorkshires akadzoserwa, mushure mekutambura zvakanyanya uye vakawana zvishoma. Pashure peizvi, kurwisa kwacho kwakaramba kuchikundikana, uye nepo paive nekubudirira kumwe kunhu munzvimbo yedhivhizheni, hapana chimwe chakawanikwa ne23rd Brigade. Zvichitevera Neuve Chapelle, brigade yakasimbiswa nemabhatani maviri eTerritorial. Muhondo yeAubers musi wa 9 Chivabvu, 23rd Brigade yakachengetedzwa ne8th Division uye nekudaro yakatiza kurasikirwa kukuru kwemabrigade maviri anorwisa. Panenge pamasikati masikati boka guru revarwi vose vakanga varipo rakasundirwa mberi nomutungamiri weboka kuti atsigire mabhurigadi maviri aya, kusanganisira zvimwe zvikamu zvebhurigadi raPinney. 