<prompt> Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Mushure mekudzokera kuEgypt, AIF yakaita nguva yekugadzirisa patsva sezvo yakawedzerwa kubva kumabhati maviri ehondo kusvika mashanu vasati vaendeswa kuEurope. Sezvo battalion yakavakwazve, kumwe kurovedzwa kwakaitwa isati yatumirwa kuFrance, ichisvika ikoko mukupera kwaMarch 1916. Kwemakore maviri nehafu akatevera vakapinda muhondo huru dzakawanda dzakarwiwa navaAustralia paWestern Front. Chiito chavo chikuru chokutanga chakauya paPozières pakati pa1916 sechikamu cheHondo yeSomme yakakura, ichiitwa kaviri muna Chikunguru naAugust. Pakupera kwaAugust, 18th yakadzoserwa kuBelgium kunopora, isati yadzokera kuSomme muna Gumiguru. Kwemwedzi yakasara ya1916, battalion yakaita mabasa okuzvidzivirira pamuganhu, kunyange zvazvo yakanga isingabatanidzwi mukurwisa kukuru kupi nokupi. Gore rakatevera racho, maGermany akapfupisa mitsetse yavo ndokudzokera kuHindenburg Line, mushure mezvo 18th Battalion yakatora chikamu muhondo dzakapoteredza Warlencourt munaFebruary 1917 sezvo maAllies akatsvaga kutevera kudzoka kweGermany. Kufambira mberi kwechinguvana kwakatevera vasati vasangana nenzvimbo dzepamberi dzeHindenburg Line. Muna Chivabvu, 18th Battalion yakazvipira kuhondo yechipiri yeBullecourt isati yaenda zvakare kuBelgium kwavakaona mamwe mabasa akatenderedza Ypres Salient paMenin Road.  <response>: muna September uye Poelcappelle muna October vasati vagara pasi nokuda kwechando. 