<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo:  <response>: Ukwakhiwa komugqa wesithathu omunye emuva kusukela ngoFebhuwari 1916 kwaqalwa futhi kwacishe kwaqedwa ngaphambili kweSomme ngoJulayi 1. Izingxenye ezihlukanisayo ezisenyakatho yomgwaqo i-Albert-Bapaume zazinobubanzi obucishe bube yizingxenye ezimbili. I-artillery yaseJalimane yayihlelwe yaba uchungechunge lwezingxenye izingxenye ezivimbelayo. Kwakhiwa uhlelo lwezingcingo olunemigqa engcwatshwe ekujuleni, ngemuva komugqa ongaphambili, ukuze kuxhunywe umugqa ongaphambili nezikhali. Ukuvikelwa kweSomme kwakunobuthakathaka obubili obungapheli obungalungisiwe ukwakhiwa kabusha: Owokuqala kwakuwukuthi imigodi engaphambili yayisemthambekeni ongaphambili, egcwele ukhaphethi omhlophe ovela ngaphansi komhlaba futhi obonakala kalula ngababukeli basemhlabeni. Okwesibili kwaba ukuthi izivikelo zazigcwele ziqonde emgodini wangaphambili, nebutho elinamabutho amabili eduze kohlelo lwangaphambili kanye nebutho elisezingeni eliphansi elihlukaniswe phakathi komugqa wokuqala nowesibili, konke okungaphakathi komugqa wangaphambili, okubekwe ezindlini ezintsha ezijulile. 