The brigade's machine gun company was moved to the divisional 8th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps on 20 January 1918. In addition, British divisions on the Western Front were reduced from a 12-battalion to a 9-battalion basis in February 1918 and the brigade from four to three battalions. Thereafter, the brigade commanded three infantry battalions and a trench mortar battery. 1918 saw the return of the war of movement. It had to withstand the German spring offensive in the First Battles of the SommeBattle of St Quentin (23 March), Actions at the Somme Crossings (24 and 25 March), Battle of Rosieres (26 and 27 March), and Action of Villers-Bretonneux (24 and 25 April)and the Third Battle of the Aisne (27 May–6 June). It then switched over to counter-attack in the Second Battle of Arras (Battle of the Scarpe, 26–30 August) and the Final Advance in Artois in which the 8th Division captured Douai (17 October).