<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ibutho Lokuqala lahlasela entshonalanga ye-Avre ngoJulayi 23, lathumba amadolobhana amathathu, iziboshwa ezicishe zibe ngu-2 000 kanye nezibhamu ezithile. UDebeney wahlangana noRawlinson ngomhlaka-24 Julayi ukuhlanganisa izinhlelo, ngosuku olufanayo uHaig nabanye abaholi bezwe abahlangana noFoch. Kodwa-ke, uRawlinson wacabanga ukuthi uDebeney wayethukile kakhulu futhi waphawula ukuthi kwakungagculisi kakhulu ukuba nomuntu onjengoDebeney azosebenza naye nokuthi wayenganelisekile ngokuphelele ukuthi uDebeney wenza izinto ngendlela efanele, yize avuma ukuthi iFirst Army ibonakala yenza kahle kakhulu futhi amathangi ami ayisizile kakhulu. Ngokombono kaGreenhalgh, uRawlinson wayengabheki ngokwanele ukulwa okunzima kwe-First Army ngoMashi nango-Ephreli, noma ukuthuthuka okwenziwa nguDebeney kusukela ngoJulayi 18 naphezu kokususwa kwamasheya akhe ngenxa ye-  <response>: Ukuhlasela okuphambene eMarne ngoJulayi. I-First Army yayinezinhlangano ezintathu ngoJulayi: IX, X kanye ne-XXXI, ama-division ase-reserve ayesusiwe emkhakheni weMarne. NgoJulayi 26 uPetain wayesethumele ezinye izigaba ezine. 