Whakakī i te rerenga e whai ake nei: I manukanuka a Sir John French ki te motuhia mai i te Channel Ingarihi, i toro atu ia ki Sordet i Avesnes i te 24 o Akuhata, a i whakamohiohia ki a ia kei te tiakina te taha ki te hauauru o nga Allied e nga ope o te Army Army (nga kaitautoko i waenga i te 35 me te 48) i raro i a Albert d'Amade i Arras me te kaitiaki o Lille. I tono a Sir John ki a Sordet kia hipoki i te taha maui o Ingarangi, engari i tono a Sordet kia korero tuatahi ki tana ake raupapa whakahau. I kii a Sordet ki a Sir John kua ngenge rawa ana hoiho ki te neke, engari i neke ia i te tawhiti roa i muri mai, he meka i whakahuahia e te Tumuaki-Tianara Snow, te rangatira o te Roopu 4 o Ingarangi, hei tohu kaore pea a Sordet i mahi nui i te wa o te pakanga.
Te Pakanga o Le Cateau. I te 10am i te 24 o Akuhata i whakahaua a Lanrezac, e whakaaro ana kei te hoki mai a Sir John French ki ona raina whakawhitiwhiti korero me te tawhiti atu i nga ope French, i whakahau a Sordet kia hoki ki Landrecies i te ra e whai ake nei, i waenga i te BEF me te Fifth Army. I huri a Lanrezac i tana whakaaro i te haora i muri mai, ka whakahau i a Sordet kia hoki ki te taha maui o te BEF i whakahaua i mua.